Patients with DM with VCAM-1 values above the cut-off values (>1441 ng/mL) and syndecan-1 above the cut-off (>140.5 ng/mL) at ICU admission died more quickly than those who had lower values than the cut-off values (for VCAM-1: mean=18.1 days [95%CI: 14.9-21.3] vs 25.3 [23.1-27.6], P=0.002), (for syndecan-1: 19.1 days [16.2-22.0] vs 25.5 [23.1-27.9], P=0.004) (Figure 3). This evidence concerns the gene SDC1 and diabetes mellitus.