APOB and gestational diabetes: Interestingly, TGL/HDL ratio has been found in other studies to be an effective tool for predicting gestational diabetes [15], cardiovascular risk in patients with familial hypercholestrolemia [16], atherogenic apolipoprotein B levels [17] and as a surrogate marker in the mechanistic pathway through which pioglitazone possibly delays coronary atheroma progression in diabetic patients [18].