In multivariate analysis, after adjusting for diabetes status, age, gender, HD vintage, Kt/Vurea, WC, fetuin A, chemerin, hs-CRP, albumin and CaXP levels, higher fetuin A levels significantly predicted the diagnosis of hepatic steatosis by HRIs (Table 3, P<0.001). Here, RARRES2 is linked to Hepatic steatosis.