APOE and metabolic syndrome: Among 5743 probands diagnosed with primary dyslipidemia (58% ADH and 42% FCHL), we identified a total of 76 carriers of a rare APOE variant (53% women, 48 ± 15 years old, LDL-MoM = 1.91 ± 0.56, TG-MoM = 2.10 ± 1.65) (Table 1).