Partial overlap: 4 (COL8A1, KCNQ1, ALX4, HNF1B) of the 15 established loci were seen associated with T2DM in Levants. The authors have shown in their previous works replicability of IGF2BP2, CDKAL1, TCF7L2. Here, HNF1B is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.