The bivariate analysis showed a positive association between sclerostin and age (r = 0.2511, p = 0.004), waist circumference (r = 0.2981, p = 0.001), systolic blood pressure (r = 0.1756, p = 0.04), duration of the diabetes (r = 0.3356, p = 0.03), carotid IMT (r = 0.4069, p≤0.001) and HbA1c (r = 0.3320, p≤0.001). The gene discussed is SOST; the disease is diabetes mellitus.