When investigating sub-phenotypes of T2DM, diabetic retinopathy has been identified to be associated with ACVRIC (rs4664229), ZFHX4 (rs61729527), WNT9B (rs4968281), SHANK3 (rs9616915), ZSCAN5A (rs7252603), and DCP1B (rs715146, rs1044950, rs113147414) gene. This evidence concerns the gene DCP1B and type 2 diabetes mellitus.