CETP and coronary artery disorder: CETP conc was lower in patients with CAD than in those without(P=0.002). Relative to the top CETP quartile, age- and sex-adjustedHR for CVD death in the bottom quartile was 1.38 (P=0.02), andthat for total mortality was 1.37 (P=0.004). HRs were unaffected byadjustment for other risk factors.