After adjustment for age, gender, BMI, smoking status, pack year, alcohol status, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, family history of diabetes, anti-diabetes drugs, insulin use and urinary creatinine, there were no significant associations of FPG with urinary vanadium, chromium, manganese, cobalt, arsenic, strontium, molybdenum, cadmium, tin, antimony, barium, thallium and uranium. The gene discussed is INS; the disease is hyperlipidemia.