LEP and type 2 diabetes mellitus: DNA was extracted from blood of 60 type 2 diabetics and 70 non diabetics individuals, LEP 5‛UTR, exon 2 and 3 were screened in 45 individuals (24 type 2 diabetes patients and 21 non- diabetics), LEP TTTC repeats region were amplified in all 130 participants from which 22 control samples were purified and sequenced, superimposed sequences were analyzed manually.