VEGFA and type 2 diabetes mellitus: In our study, VEGF levels on admission varied from 1.7 pg/mL to 598 pg/mL (with a median of 233.0 pg/mL) in patients with T2D and from 1.7 pg/mL to 888 pg/mL (with a median of 106.0 pg/mL) in patients without T2D.