LGALS3 and diabetes mellitus: HbA1c was shown to correlate to sCD163 (rs=0.36, CI95: 0.20–0.51; p < 0.001), sST2 (rs=0.22, CI95: 0.04–0.38; p = 0.016) and Gal-3 (rs=0.21, CI95: 0.03–0.37; p = 0.020) in patients with a diabetes duration < 5 years.