In comparison to the bottom quartile, those in the top quartile with higher BMI were more likely to be females and older, with a higher proportion of non-Hispanic blacks and Mexican-Americans, with higher prevalence of diabetes, and with higher levels of weight, standing height, waist circumference, AST, ALT, Total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, serum glucose, total BMD, triglyceride, and total BMD but with lower levels of ratio of family income to poverty, ALP, total calcium, direct HDL cholesterol, phosphorus, and blood urea nitrogen (P < 0.05). This evidence concerns the gene GPT and diabetes mellitus.