TNNT2 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Not only age, SBP and PBG levels were significantly higher, and HDL-c levels were significantly lower, but also proportions of age ≥ 60, males, low HDL-c and T2D were significantly higher in participants with hs-cTnT levels ≥14 pg/ml than those with hs-cTnT <14 pg/ml at follow-up (p < 0.05 for all; Table 1).