Further laboratory investigations disclosed hypercholesterolemia (total fasting cholesterol 320 mg/dL, desirable <200 mg/dL), hypertriglyceridemia (fasting triglycerides 576 mg/dL, reference range <150 mg/dL), and plasma albumin levels of 2.9 g/dL (reference range 3.4 to 5.4 g/dL). This evidence concerns the gene ALB and familial hypercholesterolemia.