However, the definite pathogenesis of AAA is still unclear and the relation betweenatherosclerosis and AAA has recently been increasingly challenged.7,10 Some atherosclerotic risk factors, such as hypercholesterolemia and obesity,are not pronounced risk factors for AAA.8 Diabetes mellitus (DM) is definitely a risk factor for CHD, whereas it seemsto reduce the risk for AAA.11,12 Also, the relationship with inflammatory biomarkers have varied between 2diseases, and some biomarkers, such as interferon-γ, interleukin-5, andinterleukin-6, have even shown opposite relationships.8,9. The gene discussed is IL5; the disease is triple-A syndrome.