There were also differences in diabetes duration, TG, LDL-C,HbA1c and using biguanides (P fore trend < 0.05 for each); however, there were no distinctions in sex, age, smoking, drinking, SBP, DBP, BMI, FBG, TC, HDL-C, C-Peptide, using insulin, and lipid lowering drugs, according to baseline Lp(a) quartiles (Table 2). Here, INS is linked to diabetes mellitus.