BECN1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Serum Beclin1 levels were negatively correlated with CIMT (r = –0.762; P < .001), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (r = −0.283; P = .04), and triglycerides (r = −0.350; P = .01) but positively correlated with high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (r = 0.491; P < .001) in patients with T2DM.