In a European cohort study on cancer and nutrition (the Potsdam study on 26,490 middle-aged patients without a history of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or stroke; showing a relative risk of 2.09), the authors proposed to investigate the blood plasma level of resistin (adjusted for CRP) to predict the development of AMI. The gene discussed is RETN; the disease is myocardial infarction.