Among the seven novel loci identified in this study, rs147538848 in FAM60A, rs1575972 near DMRTA1, rs7107784 near MIR4686 and rs67839313 near INAFM2 were shown to be common susceptibility loci for T2D across different ethnicities, although the significance of the association differed among individual ethnic groups for several loci. Here, SINHCAF is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.