ZFAS1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Secondly, two separate independent studies showed that, circulating ZFAS1 levels were associated with HF212 and type 2 diabetes (T2D)241 limiting its diagnostic utility in AMI, given that T2D is strongly associated with AS and AMI.242 It is also worth noting that both ZFAS1 and CDR1AS were detected as circulating in whole blood, and the question of whether can be found in the EV compartment was left unanswered.