APOA2 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Since no investigation searched interactions between different dietary patterns and ApoA2 polymorphisms, we aimed to investigate how DAL interacts with APOA2–265 T > C on metabolic markers including TC, LDL-C, HDL-C, TG, ghrelin, leptin, total antioxidant capacity (TAC), SOD, IL-18, PTX3 and prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) among patients with T2DM.