Subjects’ characteristics according to the single nucleotide polymorphism rs721917 (NC_000010.10:g.81706324A>G, Met31Thr) for SP-D gene.

T2D: Type 2 diabetes; BMI: Body mass index; WHR: Waist-to-hip ratio; HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin; HOMAIR: Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; SP-D: Surfactant protein-D.#These determinations were performed in a subpopulation of 1,062 subjects.†for the comparison by ANOVA among the different genotypes;*for the comparison by test t-student between AA and non-AA individuals, and**between AA and GG carriers in the whole cohort. Significant differences are shown in bold.