13 SNPs representing 9 loci were significantly associated with T2D in our GWAS at a significant level of P<0.05 (Table S2): rs2793831 (proxy for rs10923931, NOTCH2), rs2943641 (IRS1), rs2120825 (proxy for rs1801282, PPARG), rs734312 (WFS1), rs896854 (TP53INP1), rs10906115 (CDC123/CAMK1D), rs7901695 (TCF7L2), rs7903146 (TCF7L2), rs1552224 (CENTD2), rs1370176 (C2CD4A/B), rs1436953 (C2CD4A/B), rs7172432 (C2CD4A/B), and rs1436955 (C2CD4B). This evidence concerns the gene TCF7L2 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.