Furthermore, CTRP3 was significantly higher in controls (328.17 ± 80.73 ng/mL) compared to the patients groups, which was higher in T2DM (257.61 ± 69.79 ng/mL) compared to T2DM-NP patients (222.03 ± 51.99 ng/mL) (Fig 1d). The gene discussed is C1QTNF3; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.