RETN and type 2 diabetes mellitus: In a study conducted on patients with and without T2D who suffered a STEMI, serum resistin was negatively correlated with HDL cholesterol and positively correlated with troponin I and triglyceride levels; however, no association was found with serum creatine kinase (CK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), or the HOMA-IR index [44].