Resting counts of EPCs CD34+VEGFR2+ (type 1 diabetes; 411 ± 159 cells/mL, CON; 664 ± 217 cells/mL, p < 0.001) and CD34+CD45dimVEGFR2+ (type 1 diabetes; 292 ± 121 cells/mL CON; 462 ± 177 cells/mL, p < 0.001) were also significantly lower at rest within the type 1 diabetes group compared to the non-diabetes controls (Fig. 2A). Here, CD34 is linked to diabetes mellitus.