In a longitudinal study conducted to examine the association of various clinical parameters with the incidence of cardiovascular diseases and T2DM, the A allele frequency for FTO rs9939609 in White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian/Pacific Islanders for the case/control group was 42.3/39.7, 47.1/44.7, 27.0/30.7, 20.1/16.9, respectively, with no involvement in T2DM risk [44]. The gene discussed is FTO; the disease is type 2 diabetes mellitus.