There was an increasing trend across quartiles of BF percentage and VAT for hypertension (BF percentage quartile 4: 55.6%; 95% CI, 53.4%-57.8%; VAT quartile 4: 56.0%; 95% CI, 53.4-58.6), diabetes (BF percentage quartile 4: 8.3%; 95% CI, 7.2%-9.6%; VAT quartile 4: 9.0%; 95% CI, 7.7%-10.6%), and apolipoprotein B (BF percentage quartile 4: 1.05 g/L; 95% CI, 1.03-1.06 g/L; VAT quartile 4: 1.04 g/L; 95% CI, 1.02-1.05 g/L), and reduced apolipoprotein A1 (BF percentage quartile 4: 1.48 g/L; 95% CI, 1.47-1.50 g/L; VAT quartile 4: 1.45 g/L; 95% CI, 1.44-1.47 g/L) (Table 2). The gene discussed is APOB; the disease is diabetes mellitus.