ACACB and type 2 diabetes mellitus: In this analysis, a SNP within ACACB showed the strongest association with diabetic nephropathy in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes (rs2268388: intron 18 +4139 C > T, p = 1.4×10−6, odds ratio [OR]  = 1.61, 95% confidence interval [Cl]: 1.33–1.96, Table 1).