As shown in Table 4, the inverse association between Ac-terAA1 and CEC was unchanged after adjusting for age, sex, diabetes status (model 1) and additionally for the use of glucose-lowering drugs and antihypertensive medication (model 2), as well as after additional adjustment for pre-β-HDL formation and PLTP activity (model 3). This evidence concerns the gene PLTP and diabetes mellitus.