Exploring potential associations with non-cardiovascular outcomes, we observed a protective effect of lower CETP against pneumonia in both Europeans (OR 0.87, 95%CI 0.84; 0.90) and East Asians (OR 0.89, 95%CI 0.81; 0.99) (Fig. 4, Supplementary Data 1). This evidence concerns the gene CETP and pneumonia.