MTOR and diabetes mellitus: The results of this analysis showed that, when considering DM and T2DM patients or DM patients alone, a negative correlation was present between mTOR activation and the relative atrophy factor, even if not statistically significant (DM+T2DM: Pearson r = -0.47, p = 0.06; DM: Pearson r = -0.49, p = 0.08).