Several SNPs—rs7564856 (SPEG), rs1541725 (AC009502.4), rs9347707 (PCARG), rs4329088 (PCARG), rs1978202 (CCL26), rs13340504 (CCL24), rs11465293 (CCL24), rs11037234 (RP11-111A24.2), rs876373 (RPL29P25), rs886131 (RPL29P25), rs7961894 (WDR66), rs4808209 (ZNF101) were found to influence GWG in T1DM, ARIC, T2D-GENES and GIANT cohorts. The gene discussed is CCL26; the disease is type 1 diabetes mellitus.