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It is unresolved whether elevated homocysteine in coronary artery disease (CAD) is the cause of arteriosclerosis or its consequence. In contrast, genetic variants of enzymes that metabolize homocysteine cannot be altered by arteriosclerosis. Consequently, their association with CAD would permit to imply causality. We modeled by regression analysis the effect of 11 variants in the methionine cycle...