C1QTNF3 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Over a median follow‐up of 84 months (interquartile range: 42 [32–54] months), both novel inflammatory markers, Lp‐PLA2 and CTRP‐3, and traditional lipid indices, such as low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein B, exhibited aberrant expression in the CVD‐afflicted subset of the T2DM cohort.