ITLN1 and diabetic kidney disease: The receiver operating characteristic curve plotted for the newer biomarkers of diabetic nephropathy showed that there was a significant diagnostic utility in diabetic nephropathy detection of serum omentin (p=0.000), interleukin-6 (p=0.002), and interleukin-6: omentin-1 ratio (p=0.000), which correlated well with the routine test that is urine microalbumin estimation.