APOB and atherosclerosis: In the atherosclerosis group, cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, apolipoprotein B, lipoprotein (a), uric acid, homocysteine, total bilirubin, γ-glutamyltransferase, and indirect bilirubin levels were higher, whereas high-density lipoprotein was lower in the control group, which is consistent with current reports [22], [25].