One previous study demonstrated a correlation between serum sLOX-1 levels and Gensini score in a cohort of 112 patients with metabolic syndrome who underwent invasive coronary angiography [35], though it is difficult to compare the cohorts as the Gensini scores were not presented with the cohort data, so disease severity is difficult to ascertain and the indication for angiography was unclear. Here, OLR1 is linked to metabolic syndrome.