Changes of lipoprotein(a) levels with endogenous steroid hormones.
Elena TessitoreKevin DobretzNasser Abdalla DhayatIlse KernBelen PonteMenno PruijmDaniel AckermannSandrine EstoppeyMichel BurnierPierre-Yves MartinBruno VogtNicolas VuilleumierMurielle BochudFrançois MachGeorg EhretPublished in: European journal of clinical investigation (2021)
In this contemporary population-based study, the prevalence of a Lp(a) elevation ≥700 mg/L was 3.2%. The effect of endogenous steroid hormone levels of Lp(a) variability was small at best, suggesting a negligible impact on the wide range of Lp(a) variability.
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