By analyzing the associations between these loci and metabolic traits, they identified one locus (at ADAMTS9) reaching nominal significance for fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and three loci (at ADAMTS9, NISCH-STAB1 and ITPR2-SSPN) reaching nominal significance for T2D (all P < 0.05). Here, ADAMTS9 is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.