Accordingly, serum LBP levels negatively correlated with FBG (r = −0.19, p = 0.01), HbA1c (r = −0.26, p = 0.003), diabetes duration (r = −0.20, p = 0.034), and albuminuria (r = 0.29, p = 0.042) in the bivariate correlation analysis. Here, LBP is linked to diabetes mellitus.