KCNQ1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The rs1575972 locus in DMRTA1 was located 170 kbp away from the T2D locus CDKN2A/B at 9p21 (refs 10, 22, 23, 24) and the rs7107784 locus near MIR4686 was located ∼620 kbp upstream of KCNQ1 (refs 3, 4).