ACE and type 2 diabetes mellitus: As shown in Table 1, T2DM patients with elevated serum hs-TnI level were older, more likely to be male, smoke, have a history of hypertension and coronary artery disease, low eGFR level, and be treated with aspirin, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker and statin compared with T2DM patients with a normal serum hs-TnI level.