MA was more prevalent among patients with older age, male gender, longer duration of T2DM, prescribed OHD, poorly controlled T2DM with HbA1c levels above 8, dyslipidemia, elevated triglycerides, and a history of hypertension as opposed to patients who were younger, female, had diabetes for a shorter period of time, were on insulin, were well controlled, and did not suffer from hypertension or other microvascular complications associated with T2DM. This evidence concerns the gene INS and type 2 diabetes mellitus.