LGALS3 and diabetes mellitus: In type 1 diabetic patients with a diabetes duration < 5 years, plasma levels of sCD163 were correlated to sST2 (rs=0.20, CI95: 0.03–0.36; p = 0.018) and Gal-3 (rs=0.24, CI95: 0.07–0.39; p = 0.005).