Patent ID: 6869802

Claim:
A method for characterizing the risk of coronary artery disease for an individual, comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining levels of the individual's LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) and serum total bilirubin (bilirubin); (b) comparing a ratio of LDL-C/(HDL-C+bilirubin) to a predetermined level for that ratio; (c) characterizing from the comparison the risk of coronary artery disease for the individual; (d) wherein the HDL-C and bilirubin levels are weighted by multiplying the bilirubin level by 100; and, (e) wherein a ratio above 1.5 characterizes a 75 th percentile risk of having a coronary stenosis of 50-100% at angiography.