FABP3 and diabetes mellitus: As listed in Table 3, in unadjusted model, both patients with pre-DM and DM in the highest tertile of H-FABP showed positive association with CVEs and these findings persisted in adjusted models in pre-DM patients (HR: 1.335, 95% CIs 1.059–1.772, p = 0.039) and DM patients (HR: 1.322, 95% CIs 1.035–1.730, p = 0.040).