As shown in Table 1, there were statistically significant differences betweenthe T2DM and non-T2DM groups in terms of age, non-marital status, educationalattainment, BMI, types of SMD, hypertension, fatty liver, TG, HDL-C, ApoB, and TC(p< 0.001). Here, APOB is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.