Consistent with earlier studies in Caucasians [13], [14], [15], [16], [18], [19], [20], [58], we replicated the associations of T2D with 8 SNPs in IGF2BP2, WFS1, CDKAL1, SLC30A8, CDKN2A/B, HHEX, TCF7L2 and KCNQ1 (P<0.05), as well as trends of associations in NOTCH2, JAZF1, KCNJ11 and HNF1B (0.05<P<0.1). This evidence concerns the gene HHEX and type 2 diabetes mellitus.