APOB and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The levels of TC, HDL-C, LDL-C, Apo-A1, and Apo-B were statistically different (p < 0.05), but not in age, proportion of females, prevalence of hypertension, and TG levels between the T2DM group, which included 743 patients, and the control group, which included 995 individuals without T2DM.