Adjusting for age, sex, and cohort, we found an association between the following 7 biomarkers and type 2 diabetes (all P<0.02): CRP, fibrinogen, intercellular adhesion molecule-1, interleukin-6, urinary isoprostanes, monocyte-chemoattractant protein-1, and tumor necrosis receptor factor 2 (Table 5 and Figure 1). The gene discussed is IL6; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.