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Introduction: Metabolic associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is one of the most frequent causes of chronic liver disease. Liver transaminases are important biomarkers to measure liver injury, however, a proportion of patients with MASH may present with normal levels of transaminases. The levels of serum transaminases may not correlate with the severity of histopathological changes. Objective: We aimed to identify the frequency of normal transaminases in obese patients with MASH, as well as to describe the clinical, biochemical and histological characteristics in this specific group of patients. Materials and methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the bariatric surgery service of a private clinic. Obese patients older than 18 years with a body mass index (BMI) >30Kg/m2 and 2 co-morbidities undergoing a gastric sleeve surgery were included. Measurement of biochemic...