INS and Insulin resistance: In another cross‐sectional study, sCD36 in plasma was positively associated with fasting insulin, triglycerides, low‐density lipoprotein (LDL), systolic blood pressure, BMI, and waist circumference but negatively correlated with high‐density lipoprotein in clinically healthy Caucasians, suggesting that sCD36 was significantly correlated with insulin resistance.61