SELP and myocardial infarction: Concerning P-selectin, an ADM involved in the initial phase of the atherosclerotic plaque formation, and a predictor of myocardial infarction [37,38], our findings are consistent with the data reported by the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, which describes an association between P-selectin and HbA1c in all the ethnic groups examined [39].