APOA1 and diabetes mellitus: Finally, the use of cholesterol drugs was negatively associated with infection (10% vs. 5% for the HDL group and 11% vs. 4% for the apoA1 group; both p < 0.001), and the use of diabetes drugs was positively associated with infection (5% vs. 6% for the HDL group, and 5% vs. 9% for the apoA1 group; both p < 0.001).