AGT and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Notably, in this population, the 8-mer ATTGGGAC (χ2 = 6.68; p = 0.010) was associated in a causative fashion with MI, while the ATTAGGAC (χ2 = 9.99; p = 0.0016) was protective against the disease, properties which were shared with T2DM (AGT Haplo Additional file 2: Suppl data).