The variant rs3213497-T located at an exonic non-coding RNA region in the GALNT2:RP5-956O18.3 gene, previously associated with apo-CIII0a [36], was associated at a nominal significance level with a decreased incidence of retinopathy in our meta-analysis of the DiaGene and Hoorn DCS in Models 1 and 2 (HR = 0.830, p = 0.009 and HR = 0.834, p = 0.012 resp). This evidence concerns the gene AOPEP and retinal disorder.