PLA2G7 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Furthermore, regarding the lack of significant association between Lp-PLA2 and T2DM, data on the association with T2DM and related CV complications are highly variable and divergent [16, 17, 21], and besides, it is still not clear whether high/low levels of Lp-PLA2 are beneficial or detrimental for human health [32, 48].