Median sCD163 concentrations were 1.4 mg/l (range: 0.8–1.7) in the normal-weight men, 1.5 mg/l (0.5–2.8) in the overweight/obese men, and 2.1 mg/l (0.7–3.0) in the overweight/obese T2DM men (P=0.009) (Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene CD163 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.