Boekholdtet al.16 had found that CETP concentration, with which CETP activity is linearly related17, did not differ significantly between 1,400 controls and 735 subjects who had developed myocardial infarction (MI) during six years of follow-up, although a positive association was seen onpost hoc analysis in subjects with plasma triglycerides exceeding the median of 1.7 mmol/l. Here, CETP is linked to myocardial infarction.