The multicenter case-control INTERHEARTstudy showed that common risk factors accounted for 90% of the populationattributable risks (PAR) in men and 94% in women with myocardial infarction, andincluded smoking (PAR 35.7%), increased apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein A1 (ApoB/ApoA1) ratio (PAR 49.2%),hypertension (PAR 17.9%), diabetes (PAR 9.9%), and abdominal obesity (PAR20.1%) [4]. Here, APOB is linked to diabetes mellitus.