| AKI | Acute Kidney Injury |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| CAP | Controlled Attenuation Parameter |
| CD36 | Cluster of Differentiation 36 |
| CKD | Chronic Kidney Disease |
| CT | Computed Tomography |
| DAG | Diacylglycerol |
| DKD | Diabetic Kidney Disease |
| EASL | European Association for the Study of the Liver |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| ER | Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| ESKD | End-Stage Kidney Disease |
| eGFR | Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate |
| FFA | Free Fatty Acids |
| FGF21 | Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 |
| GLP-1 RAs | Agonists of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor |
| GLUT4 | Glucose Transporter Type 4 |
| IDEAL | Iterative Decomposition of water and fat with Echo Asymmetry and Least-squares estimation (MRI sequence) |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1 beta |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| IL-18 | Interleukin-18 |
| IR | Insulin Resistance |
| KDIGO | Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes |
| KIM-1 | Kidney Injury Molecule-1 |
| L-FABP | Liver-type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein |
| LDL | Low-Density Lipoprotein |
| MASLD | Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease |
| MASH | Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| NAFLD | Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
| NGAL | Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin |
| NLRP3 | NOD-Like Receptor Protein 3 (inflammasome) |
| Ox-LDL | Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein |
| PNPLA3 | Patatin-Like Phospholipase Domain-Containing 3 |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| RSF | Renal Sinus Fat |
| SGLT2 | Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 |
| T2DM | Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
| TAG | Triacylglycerol |
| TLR4 | Toll-Like Receptor 4 |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha |
| UDFF | Ultrasound-Derived Fat Fraction |
| UPR | Unfolded Protein Response |
| uL-FABP | Urinary Liver-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein |
| uPTM-FetA | Urinary Post-Translationally Modified Fetuin-A |
| VLDL | Very-Low-Density Lipoprotein |