Similarly, Yu and colleagues (48) showed increased MIF levels in Chinese T2D patients (2.6 ± 0.1 ng/ml) compared with healthy controls (2.1 ± 0.1 ng/ml), which again were independent of BMI (23.9 ± 0.1 kg/m2 in T2D vs. 22.9 ± 0.3 kg/m2 in controls). The gene discussed is MIF; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.