SOD3 and myocardial infarction: Positive findings were reported also in a large study that investigated several polymorphisms within the SOD3 gene locus in 3137 French T2DM patients from the DIABHYCAR study cohort and found the association of polymorphic SOD3 rs2284659 T allele with decreased incidence of myocardial infarction, as well as with cardiovascular and total mortality during the 5-year follow-up period [37].