When compared to the survival group, patients with DM who died had higher levels of VCAM-1 (3569 [1822-6214] vs 934 [659-1421]; P<0.001), syndecan-1 (288 [196.8-747] vs 93.4 [52.8-172.1]; P=0.002), creatinine (2.25 [0.9-3.4] vs 0.9 [0.7-1.1]; P=0.012), and urea (123 [67-139] vs 45 [30-77]; P=0.001) but a lower Ang-1 level (12.4 [8-29.49] vs 31.37 [20.23-48.63]; P=0.014). The gene discussed is ANGPT1; the disease is diabetes mellitus.