FBLN1 and diabetes mellitus: In the control-group, women had significantly higher plasma fibulin-1 than men, 115 ± 30 vs 97 ± 27 μg/mL, p < 0.01, whereas in the diabetes group no gender differences were seen, 96 ± 28 vs 91 ± 29 μg/mL (women vs men), p = 0.40, neither in the subgroup not receiving metformin, 101 ± 34 vs 104 ± 34 μg/mL (women vs men), p = 0.85.