There was little attenuation of the associations when additionally controlling for BMI (fasting glucose: β = –0.22 ± 0.02, P < 2.0 ∗ 10–16; fasting insulin: β = –0.17 ± 0.02, P < 2.0 ∗ 10–16, rate of incident T2D: HR: 0.68; 0.63–0.64; P < 2.0 ∗ 10–16; Table 4). Here, INS is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.