Among the same participants, at 15 years prior to case ascertainment, levels of other metabolic risk factors and biochemical markers were similar (and eGFR) or higher (glucose, waist circumference, triglycerides, ALT, GGT, CRP and uric acid) among subjects with T2D than among subjects without T2D (Figures 1f–m, Supplementary Tables 1–2). The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.