APOB and diabetes mellitus: These authors also demonstrated a stronger correlation between the area under the curve on the antepartum oral glucose tolerance test and postpartum levels of LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides, total cholesterol to HDL ratio, apoB, and apoB to apoA1 ratio (all r > 0.21; p < 0.0001) and an inverse relationship with HDL-cholesterol (r = −0.21; p < 0.0001), after adjusting for age, ethnicity, and family history of diabetes [19].