Table 3.

Risk of acute myocardial infarction with 1 SD change in various lipid measures in INTERHEART study (Data source: McQueen MJ, et al⁵⁰).

	South Asians	European	Chinese	Latin American	Overall
TC	1.23 (1.14–1.31)	1.08 (1.02–1.15)	1.16 (1.09–1.23)	1.05 (0.97–1.14)	1.16 (1.13–1.19)
HDL-C	0.97 (0.90–1.05)	0.78 (0.73–0.83)	0.83 (0.78–0.88)	1.03 (0.94–1.13)	0.85 (0.83–0.88)
Non-HDL-C	1.23 (1.15–1.31)	1.17 (1.10–1.24)	1.24 (1.18–1.31)	1.04 (0.96–1.28)	1.21 (1.17–1.24)
Apo A-1	0.72 (0.66–0.78)	0.70 (0.66–0.75)	0.67 (0.63–0.71)	0.67 (0.61–0.74)	0.67 (0.65–0.70)
Apo B	1.38 (1.29–1.48)	1.24 (1.16–1.32)	1.28 (1.20–1.36)	1.18 (1.09–1.28)	1.32 (1.28–1.36)
TC:HDL-C	1.10 (1.04–1.17)	1.31 (1.21–1.42)	1.34 (1.24–1.45)	0.97 (0.90–1.05)	1.17 (1.13–1.20)
Apo B/ApoA-1	1.53 (1.42–1.64)	1.47 (1.37–1.59)	1.77 (1.63–1.92)	1.27 (1.17–1.38)	1.59 (1.52–1.64)