September 17, 2026 Read the peer review reports 1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wuhu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhu, Anhui Province, China 2Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China DOI 10.7717/peerj.21743 Academic Editor Faiza Farhan Subject Areas Diabetes and Endocrinology, Vascular Medicine, Diabetes Keywords Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Diabetic peripheral arterial disease, Insulin resistance,...