Moreover, no significant differences were found in age, gender, body mass index (BMI), smoking or not, alcohol drinking or not, hypertension, dyslipidemia, SBP, DBP, FPG, HbA1c, insulin, TG, TC, sdlDL‐C, ApoA‐I, Lp(a), hsCRP, neutrophils, NGAL between the two groups (p > 0.05, respectively; Table 1). Here, LCN2 is linked to metabolic syndrome.