Among the four RC quartiles, differences with statistical significance were observed in age, gender, race, education level, marital status, FIPR, BMI, WC, smoking, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, CVD, CKD, WBC, Neu, Lym, PLT, Hb, ALT, ALP, GGT, Scr, UA, TC, TG, LDL-C, HDL-C, FPG, HbA1c, iron, sodium, and calcium (all P<0.05). The gene discussed is GPT; the disease is diabetes mellitus.