APOA1 and diabetes mellitus: This is in discordance with the study by Morgan et al.23 Also, the combined genotype (GA+AA) was found more often in hypertensive in accordance with the study performed in the Chinese population.13 Interestingly, in contrast to our study, Morgan et al,23 has shown an association between the APOA1-75G/A polymorphism and diabetes mellitus (DM).