HAMP and type 2 diabetes mellitus: In patients without T2DM (n = 498), high PWV remained borderline associated with hyperferritinemia (adjusted OR 1.96, 95% c.i. 1.00–3.94; p = 0.05) and associated with hepcidin (adjusted OR 0.26, 95% c.i. 0.13–0.48 per log ng/ml; p<0.001).