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. This evidence concerns the gene COL8A1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.