There were statistical significant differences between the two groups with respect to age, history of hypertension and hyperlipidaemia, and ALT, AST, GGT, TC, TG, and HDL-C levels, but not with sex, educational level, occupational status, income, marital status, smoking status, tea drinking status, exercise, history of diabetes, and serum CES1 levels. This evidence concerns the gene GPT and diabetes mellitus.