Examining the clinical characteristics of these females with high IL13 levels, some characteristics differentiated the IL13 high group from the IL13 low group: the IL13 high group had a higher mean age (69.9 years vs. 63.6 years) and more patients with diabetes mellitus (42% vs. 21%) and cardiac comorbidities (83% vs. 57%) (Table S1). This evidence concerns the gene IL13 and diabetes mellitus.