FURIN and diabetes mellitus: Our results showed that hypermethylation of the CpG sites at the FURIN promoter could predict a higher risk of diabetes during an average 4-year follow-up in Chinese adults (OR=1.22, 95%CI: 1.05-1.43, for CpG1 and OR=1.39, 95%CI: 1.08-1.77, for CpG2).