Of the SNPs associated with T2D in previous GWAS,only variants at CDKAL1 andHHEX/IDE/KIF11 showed the strongestassociation with T2D in the meta-analysis including all three ethnic groups.However, consistent direction of effect was observed for many of the other SNPsin our study and in those carried out in European populations. Here, KIF11 is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.