NPPB and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The levels of NLRP3, NT-proBNP and others inthe three groups were compared, with P<0.001.Those in the EDKD and T2DM groups were biggerthan the healthy group, with P<0.001 for all, and thelevels of the above indicators in the EDKD group werehigher than the T2DM group, with P<0.001 for all,as indicated in Table 3.