Average plasma apoB for the low-apoB group (0.84 ± 0.14 g/L) and the high-apoB group (1.23 ± 0.15 g/L) corresponded to < 50th and > 75th percentile in a Canadian population, respectively32, similar to values obtained in previous cohorts where the relation of plasma apoB to T2D risk factors was first established1,2,29. This evidence concerns the gene APOB and type 2 diabetes mellitus.