Clinical variables associated with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis and correlated with GM3(d18:1-h24:1) include, but are not limited to, fasting blood glucose rs = 0.2633 (mg/dL, Fig 3A), insulin rs = 0.3923 (mIU/L, Fig 3B), HOMA-IR rs = 0.4226 (Fig 3C), HbA1c rs = 0.2803 (% glycated hemoglobin, Fig 3D), total cholesterol rs = 0.2045 (mg/dL, Fig 3E), LDL-c rs = 0.1899 (mg/dL, Fig 3F), autotaxin rs = 0.2934 (mg/L, Fig 3G) and mean IMT rs = 0.3709 (mm, Fig 3H). Here, INS is linked to atherosclerosis.