APOB and diabetes mellitus: Patients with higher level of BCAAs tended to be male; have risk factors of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, cigarette smoking, and alcohol drinking; have higher levels of blood pressure, BMI, WBC count, LY count, RBC, HGB, HCT, glucose, creatinine, uric acid, TG, ApoB, and MHR (P <0.05 for all).