AGER and diabetes mellitus: To estimate whether RAGE ligands can distinguish between KDM (n = 22) and NDM (n = 22) in TB-DM participants, we first determined the HbA1c levels in KDM and NDM and observed that HbA1c % was significantly increased in KDM in comparison with NDM (Geometric Mean 11.4% in KDM vs 8.9% in NDM, p = 0.0028).