The patients with ischaemic stroke and those in the control group did not significantly differ in age, diastolic blood pressure, glucose, weight, body mass index (BMI), height, sex ratio, levels of total cholesterol (TC), apolipoprotein (Apo) B, proportion of smokers, hyperlipidaemia, Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and alcohol consumption (Table 1). The gene discussed is APOB; the disease is ischemic stroke.