Method for Assessing the Risk of a Cardiovascular Disease and for Diagnosing Dyslipidemia

摘要

The invention relates to a method for assessing the risk of a cardiovascular disease and/or for diagnosing dyslipidemia in a patient, said method comprising: a) isolating in a blood sample obtained from said patient the high density lipoprotein (HDL) fraction or a subfraction thereof; and b) measuring in said HDL fraction or subfraction thereof the concentration of one or more biomarkers selected from the group consisting of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate (S1P), sphingomyelin (SM) and Apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-1).