Baseline characteristics of these patients included mean age 59 years, male sex (81%), diabetes (33%); and mean body mass index 27.3 kg/m2, LDL-C 2.0 mmol/L, lipoprotein(a) 2 mg/dL, and apolipoprotein A1 13 mg/dL. Here, APOA1 is linked to diabetes mellitus.