BackgroundObservational studies indicated that cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC) of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is inversely associated with cardiovascular events, independently of the HDL choleste
*The SNPs identified also in the previous case-control association studies [9]–[21] are boldfaced. †The corrected p-values larger than one were truncated to unity. ‡The SNPs are arranged according to
BackgroundCoronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of death worldwide. Previous studies have identified numerous common CHD susceptibility loci, with the vast majority identified in popul
