There are factors that point to a role of diet in the development of T2DM: the significant differences in means of health markers across HEI-2010 and AHEI-2010 scores, and the significant differences in means of health markers (i.e., BMI, WC, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, TG, insulin, blood pressure, comorbidity score) by diabetes status. Here, INS is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.