SNPs found to be associated with T2D in Asian populations, rs1048886 (C6orf57) [5], rs4402960 (IGF2BP2) [28], rs5015480 (HHEX, IDE), rs1359790 (SPRY2) [29], rs1552224 (CENTD2), rs3923113 (GRB14), rs5215 (KCNJ11), rs7903146 (TCF7L2) [6], rs10886471 (GRK5), and rs7403531 (RASGRP1) [30], were not replicated in our study. Here, ARAP1 is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.