ACE and diabetes mellitus: Patients who had a stroke after anterior MI were more likely to have previous diabetes mellitus (43 percent vs. 25 percent; P<0.001), higher systolic blood pressure upon discharge (126 mmHg vs. 120 mmHg; P = 0.006), develop atrial fibrillation (14 percent vs. 8 percent; P = 0.023) as a complication of their index anterior MI, and less likely to be prescribed an ACE inhibitor (53 percent vs. 63 percent; P = 0.02) and beta-blocker (53 percent vs. 64 percent; P = 0.02).