Asian stock markets sank Monday as investors recalled the initial damage from an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, a virus that spread from China to dozens of countries in early 2003.

For instance, a recent opinion poll reported that 90 percent of Chinese people believed the CIA planted severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in China.

Conclusions High serum triglyceride level is an important risk factor for plaque rupture in patients with acute coronary syndrome in China.