No statistically significant differences were noted in age at diagnosis, glycaemic and insulin indices (FBG, HbA1c, fasting insulin concentration), HOMA2-IR, and measures of metabolic syndrome (WC, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, serum triglycerides), and pancreatic beta-cell function (fasting C-peptide, oral insulinogenic index, and HOMA2-%B) between the two categories. Here, INS is linked to metabolic syndrome.