The results showed that the IGF2BP2 gene rs1470579 and rs4402960 polymorphisms were associated with T2DM in a Chinese population ( OR = 2.002 , 95 % CI 1.170-3 .426 , p < 0.05 ; OR = 1.879 , 95 % CI 1.110-3 .182 , p < 0.05 ) .