Not really, at least not for cholesterol; not right now. [1] Hopefully in the next few years, yes. But genetic data, since our knowledge is limited, does not in

Not really, at least not for cholesterol; not right now. [1] Hopefully in the next few years, yes. But genetic data, since our knowledge is limited, does not increase risk discrimination beyond family history. It does, modestly, increase risk classification. Edit - Link didn't work initially. I was not trying to just snarkily link to pubmed - I had a specific paper in mind. Sorry! [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18354102 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18354102