We previously demonstrated that NEAT is favorably associated with insulin sensitivity, waist circumference, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and blood pressure in patients with T2D [18], but our study was also limited by the analysis of subjective data; briefly the NEAT score was calculated from self-reported questionnaire score and thus may not have accurately represented true NEAT values. Here, INS is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.