After adjustment for various well-established cofounders affecting cIMT value (age, sex, BMI, hemoglobin, albumin, total cholesterol, triglycerides, diastolic/systolic blood pressure, duration of T2DM, Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), CRP, eGFR, albuminuria and proteinuria), RDW was found to be the strongest independent factor predicting cIMT value. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and type 2 diabetes mellitus.