What’s more, patients in DM group had significantly increased risk of CVEs compared with the reference group (NGR plus Tertile 1 of H-FABP) in all tertiles of H-FABP (Tertile 1: adjusted HR: 2.131, 95% CIs 1.157–3.925, p = 0.015; Tertile 2: adjusted HR: 2.171, 95% CIs 1.179–3.997, p = 0.013; Tertile 3: adjusted HR: 2.560, 95% CIs 1.409–4.650, p = 0.002). The gene discussed is FABP3; the disease is diabetes mellitus.