Baseline characteristics of these patients included mean age 59 years, male sex (81%), diabetes (33%); and mean body mass index 28.3 kg/m2, LDL-C 2.1 mmol/L, lipoprotein(a) 2.9 mg/dL, and apolipoprotein A1 13 mg/dL. This evidence concerns the gene APOA1 and diabetes mellitus.