We replicated previous findings of associations for three SNPs in this Chinese population (rs10811661 in CDKN2A/B, rs10946398 in CDKAL1, and rs7903146 in TCF7L2) suggesting that some of the variants associated with type 2 diabetes in Europeans are also associated with the disease in Asians. This evidence concerns the gene TCF7L2 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.