LCN2 and diabetes mellitus: The univariate analysis included the following parameters: there were significant differences in age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, cerebrovascular history, blood glucose, serum NGAL levels, serum total cholesterol (TC) levels, serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C) levels, glomerular filtration rate, HbA1 (%) levels, and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) among the groups (P < 0.05).