HLA-C and atherosclerosis: As this is an open question, it is worth highlighting that in a study by Eder et al., interestingly, HLA-B*13:02 and HLA-C*06:02 (HLA-Cw6) were associated with more severe atherosclerosis (age- and sex-adjusted OR 2.31 and OR 1.68, respectively), and these associations remained statistically significant after adjusting for cardiovascular risk factors [26].