In patients with hypercholesterolemia, no relationship was observed between Lp(a) and LDL-C (r = 0.036; P = 0.567), non-HDL-C (r < 0.001; P = 0.997), or apo B (r = 0.103; P = 0.112). This evidence concerns the gene APOB and familial hypercholesterolemia.