SOST and diabetes mellitus: The results showed that the variables independently associated with the serum sclerostin level were sex (B = 0.182; 95% CI [0.857/13.128]; p = 0.026), diabetes duration (B = 0.198; 95% CI [0.085/0.730]; p = 0.014), eGFR (B= -0.237; 95% CI [-0.388/-0.081]; p = 0.003), and presence of CVD (B = 0.176; 95% CI [0.483/13.689]; p = 0.036).