CRP and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: When focusing in Group C (patients with type 2 diabetes without LVDD), univariate analysis showed that sST2 levels correlated positively with hs-CRP levels (p = 0.04), fibrinogen (p = 0.027), fasting plasma glucose (FPG) (p < 0.01), HbA1c (p < 0.01) and negatively correlated with the HDL (p < 0.01), sex (females) (p < 0.01), history of hypertension (p = 0.045) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (p = 0.01).