The patients with ischaemic stroke and those in the control group did not significantly differ in age, diastolic blood pressure, glucose, weight, body mass index (BMI), height, sex ratio, levels of total cholesterol (TC), apolipoprotein (Apo) B, proportion of smokers, hyperlipidaemia, Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and alcohol consumption (Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene APOB and type 2 diabetes mellitus.