Syrovatka et al. (2012) [8] evaluated the relationship between body iron stores (the plasma-circulating transferrin receptor concentration to plasma ferritin concentration ratio (TfR/F) and ferritin) and asymptomatic atherosclerosis (by carotid intima-media thickness measured by ultrasound) in a study that included 72 healthy men. The gene discussed is TFRC; the disease is atherosclerosis.