However, compared with patients in the lowest galectin-1 tertile, those with higher serum galectin-1 concentrations were older; had greater prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease; with higher percentages of using aspirin, clopidogrel, ACEi/ARB, beta-blocker; and were more likely to present with higher levels of serum creatinine, triglycerides, and hs-CRP, higher BMI and SYNTAX scores. The gene discussed is LGALS1; the disease is diabetes mellitus.