The process of identification of outliers resulted in the exclusion of certain data points for IL‐1b, TNF‐a, CRP, FGF21, IL‐6, IL‐8, IL‐10, IL‐15, and IL‐18, and all the outliers were found in the non‐T2D groups. This evidence concerns the gene FGF21 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.