LRG1 and diabetes mellitus: Plasma LRG1 level in all T2DM patients correlated positively with age (ρ = 0.144, p = 0.009), DM duration (ρ = 0.174, p = 0.001), HbA1c level (ρ = 0.152, p = 0.006), and hs-CRP (ρ = 0.404, p < 0.001), and correlated negatively with total cholesterol (ρ = -0.123, p = 0.025), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (ρ = -0.127, p = 0.020), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (ρ = -0.112, p = 0.042), and estimated glomerular filtration rate (ρ = -0.175, p = 0.001).