LIPC and diabetes mellitus: The metabolic parameters in the diabetes group were not different between carriers and noncarriers of the 7Pro allele apart from glucose metabolism (Table 3), but we found a significant 34% increase in HL activity, carriers of the 7Pro allele versus noncarriers (277 ± 113 versus 373 ± 80 nmol/mL/min, p < 0.05, Figure 1(b)).