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Impact of lipoprotein(a) level on cardiometabolic disease in the Chinese population: The CHCN-BTH Study.

Juan XiaChunyue GuoHan CaoKuo LiuWenjuan PengYanyan SunYunyi XieBingxiao LiFengxu ZhangFuyuan WenLing Zhang
Published in: European journal of clinical investigation (2021)
In this large sample size study, we observed that elevated Lp(a) levels were significantly associated with CHD. Furthermore, we found that the lowest Lp(a) levels were also significantly associated with hypertension and T2DM. These results provide evidence for differential approaches to higher levels of Lp(a) in individuals with different cardiometabolic diseases.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • adipose tissue
  • metabolic syndrome
  • skeletal muscle