INS and diabetes mellitus: 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.