ADAMTS9 is a metalloproteinase involved in thrombosis and angiogenesis and has been associated with cardiometabolic traits (waist-to-hip ratio, waist circumference, and type 2 diabetes) in GWAS, and with coronary artery calcification in a gene-by-smoking interaction GWAS17,18. Here, ADAMTS9 is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.