LGALS3 and diabetes mellitus: Additionally, galectin-3 correlated negatively (r = −0.391; P < 0.05; Table 3B) with HOMA-B in diabetic participants with malaria but positively with age (r = 0.35; P < 0.05; Table 3C) in diabetic patients without malaria and HOMA-B (r = 0.321; P < 0.05) and insulin (r = 0.322; P < 0.05) in malaria patients without diabetes (Table 3D).