The keywords used were “TC”, “HDL-C”, “LDL-C”, “TG”, “Apolipoprotein”, “lipoproteins”, “cholesterol”, “triglyceride”, “dyslipidemias”, “lipid profile”, “lipid component”, “blood lipid”, “plasma lipid”, “serum lipid”, “plasma lipoprotein, “dyslipoproteinemia”, “hypercholesterolemia”, “hypertriglyceridemia”, “hyperlipidemia”, “lipemia”, “ApoA”, “Apolipoproteins A”, “ApoB”, “Apolipoproteins B”, and “Metabolic syndrome”. This evidence concerns the gene APOB and metabolic syndrome.