APOC3 and coronary artery disorder: Plasma apoCIII, TNF-α and hs-CRP contributed to the development of CHD (OR = 2.554, 7.252, 6.035, P < 0.01) with paired correlations in CHD patients (apoCIII vs. TNF-α, r = 0.425; apoCIII vs. hs-CRP, r = 0.319; TNF-α vs. hs-CRP, r = 0.400, P < 0.01).