ADIPOQ and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Patients with T2D had significantly higher age, BMI, waist/hip ratio, triglyceride (TGL), fasting blood glucose (FBG) and HbA1c but lower levels of adiponectin, total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) than normal participants (P value <0.05).