There is a lack of studies focusing on national epidemiology data of different types (such as NDM, T2DM, T2DM, MODY, and syndromic forms) of childhood DM, limited studies on the full complement of autoantibody status (GAD65, Islet, Insulin, and Zinc autoantibodies) in T1DM and HLA haplotype of different populations in the region. The gene discussed is GAD2; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.