CDKN2B-AS1 and diabetes mellitus: After Spearman correlation analysis, in the DM group, a substantially linear trend was observed between ANRIL and AngII (P < 0.001, ρ = 0.792), ANRIL and VEGF (P < 0.001, ρ = 0.798), and AngII and p65 (P = 0.001, ρ = 0.654).