Clinical data included (1): demographic and anthropometric information on age, gender, socioeconomic status (SES) of the place of residence, weight, BMI percentile, and blood pressure (2); laboratory results including fasting serum total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT); and (3) data from the MHS diabetes registry. The gene discussed is GPT; the disease is diabetes mellitus.