Highest platelet counts were found if interleukin-6 was high as well (CRC: Spearman ρ: +0.34, p = 0.0017; CRC + T2DM: p = 0.0786; CRC groups combined: Spearman ρ: +0.32, p = 0.0009). The gene discussed is IL6; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.