Key exclusion criteria were type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes treated with fibrates or other drug therapies that could alter blood glucose levels during the 12 weeks before randomization; alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase level >2.5 times the upper limit of normal levels, estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min per 1.73 m2. This evidence concerns the gene GPT and type 2 diabetes mellitus.