Overall, there were statistically significant differences between non-CKD and CKD participants in terms of sex, age, race, educational attainment, BMI, smoking status, CVD, DM, hypertension, Klotho, TC, TG, WBC, Neu, Mono, SII, NLR, MLR, SIRI, PIV, eGFR, serum creatinine, uric acid and serum urea nitrogen (all P < 0.05). The gene discussed is KL; the disease is diabetes mellitus.