KRT18 and Hepatic steatosis: Fragmented CK-18 although was known as a necroinflammatory and apoptotic marker, in our study, we believed that CK-18 has a good predictive value of detecting liver steatosis as assessed by US, especially in liver steatosis grade≥2 and ≥3, with AUROC 0.82, 0.84, respectively.