Recent reports from prospective risk studies indicate that the apoB/apoA-I ratio, which reflects the cholesterol balance between potentially atherogenic and antiatherogenic lipoprotein particles, is a useful predictor of risk of both non-fatal and fatal myocardial infarction and it has been reported to be a better predictor of CV risk than any of the cholesterol indices (26, 27). Here, APOB is linked to myocardial infarction.