SHBG and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Moreover, genetically elevated SHBG levels were associated with lower waist circumference (WC, β = −0.091; 95% CI: −0.136, −0.046), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR, β = −0.057; 95% CI: −0.084, −0.030), triglycerides (TG, β = −0.188; 95% CI: −0.249, −0.127), systolic blood pressure (β = −0.799; 95% CI: −1.068, −0.530), and diastolic blood pressure (β = −0.436; 95% CI: −0.605, −0.267), and a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (OR = 0.684; 95% CI: 0.400, 0.968) in both the discovery and replication datasets.