A number of variables, including age, sex, BMI, WC, systolic BP, diastolic BP, current smoker, duration of diabetes, antidiabetic medications, percentage of subjects taking antihypertensive medications or statins, levels of total cholesterol, LDL-C, uric acid, AST, ALT, hsCRP, UACR, eGFR, and total adiponectin, were similar among the three groups (Table 1). Here, ADIPOQ is linked to diabetes mellitus.