Interaction analyses revealed no differences in the association between chemerin and risk of HF with respect to sex (p for interaction = 0.97), waist circumference (p for interaction = 0.60), prevalent CHD (p for interaction = 0.36), prevalent diabetes (p for interaction = 0.89), prevalent hypertension (p for interaction = 0.20) or hsCRP (p for interaction = 0.98). Here, RARRES2 is linked to diabetes mellitus.