FABP4 and diabetes mellitus: FABP4 values were significantly higher in obese (2.2±0.86 ng/mL), obese diabetes (2.3±0.87 ng/mL) and CVD subjects (2.7±0.90 ng/mL) compared to control (1.01±0.51 ng/mL) and non-obese diabetes (1.6±0.77 ng/mL) groups.