A post-hoc analysis of data from the present study showed that the majority of patients in the insulin glargine and NPH insulin treatment groups achieved HbA1c ≤9.0% (≤74.9 mmol/mol) at Week 24 (71% and 72.6%), and therefore achieved acceptable glycaemic control as defined by the Chinese Diabetes Society guidelines [17]. The gene discussed is INS; the disease is diabetes mellitus.