AFM and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The mean serum afamin concentration was found to be 32.2% higher in the NDO group and nearly two-fold higher in the T2DM group compared to normal weight ones (controls: 56 ± 30.3 vs. NDO: 82.6 ± 19.7 μg/mL vs. T2DM: 109.2 ± 21.4 μg/mL, ANOVA: p < 0.001) (Table 1).