PLA2G7 and coronary artery disorder: Thus, in the long-term prospective branch of the Genetic and Environmental factors In Coronary Artery disease (GENICA) study we tested the hypothesis that Lp-PLA2 mass and activity predict CV events by using for the first time a statistical approach that allows balancing of the groups based on known baseline determinants of CV events, thus minimizing the chances for a selection bias [30].