TGFB2 and diabetes mellitus: In plaques obtained from patients without diabetes, TGF-β2 correlated inversely with patient age (r = −0.31, p = 1.0 × 10−4) and positively to estimated glomeruli filtration rate (mL/min; r = 0.25, p = 0.002), whereas no significant correlations between clinical characteristics and plaque TGF-β2 were observed for patients with T2D.