In subsidiary analyses with BMI in addition to age, sex, the presence of diabetes, NEFA, total cholesterol and triglycerides as dependent variables, plasma PLTP activity but not ANGPTL4 was independently associated with BMI (β = 0.239, p = 0.05 and β = 0.137, p = 0.23, respectively; data not shown). This evidence concerns the gene ANGPTL4 and diabetes mellitus.