ACE2 and metabolic syndrome: As shown in Fig. 2, T2D risk related ACE2 SNP rs1978124 and rs4646188 were not correlated with any type of dyslipidemia (TRIG, HDL-C, LDL-C, CHOL), rs1978124, rs2074192 and rs233575 were correlated with one type of dyslipidemia (CHOL or HDL-C, all P < 0.05), rs4240157 was correlated with two type of dyslipidemia (TRIG and HDL-C, both P < 0.05), rs2058683 and rs4646156 were correlated with three type of dyslipidemia (HDL-C, LDL-C and CHOL, all P < 0.05) and rs879922 correlated with four type of dyslipidemia (TRIG, HDL-C, LDL-C and CHOL, all P < 0.05).