None of the patients and non-diabetic controls used statins, Table 2A and Fig. 1a shows that the HGF expression levels were significantly higher in the monocytes of the patients with T2D as compared to the non-diabetic controls [(fold change T2D vs non-diabetic controls) 1.17 ± SEM 0.62, p = 0.03, n = 59]. This evidence concerns the gene HGF and type 2 diabetes mellitus.