AHSG and diabetes mellitus: At baseline, there was a nonsignificant difference between the three groups regarding the age, gender, duration of diabetes, weight, height, BMI, FBG, 2 h-PPG, HbA1c%, TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, non-HDL-C, VLDL-C, CRI, AI, and the inflammatory markers (hs-CRP, fetuin-A, and sirtuin 1) (p > 0.05).