FABP3 and diabetes mellitus: In Table 4, the Cox regression analysis after adjustment for the confounders according to both glucose metabolism and H-FABP status indicated that patients with pre-DM plus the highest tertile of H-FABP levels showed 1.855-fold higher risk of CVE (95% CIs 1.076–3.214, p = 0.033) compared with the reference group (NGR plus Tertile 1 of H-FABP).