Diastolic blood pressure (P < 0.0001), systolic blood pressure (P < 0.0001), fasting blood glucose (P< 0.0001), HbA1c (P<0.0001), cholesterol, hs-CRP (P < 0.0001), and arginase-1 levels (P < 0.0001) were significantly associated with T2DM as compared to controls. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.