The occurrence of CVD in T2DM patients and follow‐up time were the dependent variables, whereas age, gender, BMI, smoking, alcohol drinking, hypertension, dyslipidemia, SBP, DBP, HbA1c, insulin, TG, TC, HDL‐C, LDL‐C, sdIDL‐C, Apo‐I, ApoB, Lp(a), hsCRP, neutrophils, NGAL, Lp‐PLA2, and CTRP‐3 were set as independent variables. The gene discussed is PLA2G7; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.