Conversely, another study, conducted on a total of 3023 Taiwanese individuals (1383 without and 1640 with T2DM) found that the A-allele of rs1800775 in the CETP gene was significantly related to a lower DKD risk (OR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.64‒0.96) [207]. Here, CETP is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.