highly significantp = 0.01
1 ) Carriers of C allele in the homozygous or heterozygous form (CC or TC genotypes) were associated with highly significant increase in Fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol and LDL-C (p = 0.01), (p = 0.001), (p = 0.002) and (p = 0.01) respectively, but there was a significant decrease in the level of HDL-C (p = 0.002).