Table 1 shows the clinical and biochemical characteristics of elderly postmenopausal women with non-insulin-treated T2DM (mean age 72 ± 8 years, mean BMI 29.5 ± 5.0 kg/m2, mean HbA1c 6.9 ± 0.7% and median duration of diabetes 10 [IQR: 6–17] years), who were stratified by plasma LRG1 tertiles. The gene discussed is LRG1; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.