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"This work was supported in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Number 30901249; 81101267), the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (Grant Numbers 10151063201000036; S2011010002526) and Project from Jinan university (Grant Number 21612426). We would like to thank Ammarin Thakkinstian from the section for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand; John R. Thompson from the department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK; Sasivimol Rattanasiri from the section for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand; for providing the statistical computing algorithm support. Thanks also go to: Leif Groop from the Lund University Diabetes Centre, University Hospital Skåne, Sweden; Jasmina Kravić from the department of Clinical Sciences/Diabetes and Endocrinology, Lund University, Swede; Elin Pettersen from the department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway; for providing the specific genotyping data."