In China, where SMBG is not reimbursed, a study in 2011 with 10,418 patients with diabetes revealed that a high proportion of insulin-dependent patients do not have a meter at home to perform SMBG (51.6 % of patients on intensive insulin therapy, 46.6 % on conventional insulin therapy and 39.9 % on basal-supported oral therapy) [26]. The gene discussed is INS; the disease is diabetes mellitus.