What's more, patients with higher corrected calcium were more likely to be older, females, non-smokers, and non-STEMI and had a higher prevalence of diabetes or prior CABG, lower BMI, lower systolic blood pressure, lower heart rate, lower cTNI, higher NT-proBNP, higher hs-CRP, higher serum phosphate, higher left atrial diameter, lower EF, lower eGFR and lower serum albumin. The gene discussed is NPPB; the disease is diabetes mellitus.