CETP and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Multiple linear regression analysis revealed a strongly significant association of the ‘A’ allele of rs3764261 (CETP) with HDL-C in the NG (β = 0.09, p = 1.14×10−6), T2D (β = 0.07, p = 0.014) and combined (NG+T2D) (β = 0.09, p = 1.21×10−4) groups in the Punjabi cohort was observed.