PLOD1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Compared to those without subclinical myocardial injury, postmenopausal T2DM patients with this condition exhibited higher LH (29.67 vs. 25.08 mIU/mL, p = 0.0001) and higher FSH (56.59 vs. 48.57 mIU/mL, p = 0.003), while there were no significant differences observed for E2 and T (Table 2).