Table 1 presents the clinical characteristics of the two groups. Chi-square tests were conducted for gender, smoking history, alcohol history, and hypertension in groups 0 and 1; t-tests were conducted for age and Apo A1;and Mann-Whitney U tests were applied for the remaining indicators. The results revealed significant differences (P<0.05) between the two groups in gender, hypertension, age, duration of diabetes mellitus, TG, TC, ApoA1, VLDL, VLDL/ApoB, and HDL/ApoA1. This evidence concerns the gene APOA1 and diabetes mellitus.