ADIPOQ and type 2 diabetes mellitus: While adiponectin was significantly lower in the CAD (8.4 ± 3.2 μg/mL) and T2DM (9.6 ± 2.6 μg/mL) groups compared to the control (11.2 ± 3.4 μg/mL) (p < 0.001 and p = 0.033, respectively) (Table 2).