Interestingly, these include SNPs linked to well-studied candidate genes for T2D such as rs7903146, rs2237897, rs757209, rs11708067 and rs878521 which are linked to TCF7L2, KCNQ1, HNF1B, ADCY5 and GCK, respectively. Here, TCF7L2 is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.