When quantified using enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA; median ng/mL [interquartile range]), MMPs were significantly elevated in 181 people with type 2 diabetes compared with 165 controls (MMP‐2: diabetes group, 1363.4 [1250.3‐1461.3]; control group, 639.3 [415.0‐804.0]; MMP‐9: diabetes group, 523.4 [476.5‐566.6]; control group, 55.3 [39.2‐68.2]; both, P < .001).48 This evidence concerns the gene MMP9 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.