LIPOPROTEIN-LP(A) AND THE RISK FOR MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION
LIPOPROTEIN-LP(A) AND THE RISK FOR MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION
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DOI:
10.1016/0021-9150(81)90103-9
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
QUNICI, GB
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作者:
KOSTNER, GM;AVOGARO, P;QUNICI, GB
The serum lipoprotein Lp(a) concentration was measured in 76 male postmyocardial infarction (MI) patients aged 40-60 yr, and in 107 control subjects of the same age and sex. Quantitation was performed by the Laurell technique. It was sensitive in the range 1-60 mg/dl with a day to day coefficient of variation < 4%. A considerable variation of Lp(a) concentration was noticed in the whole population with a frequency distribution of higher order. Conventional statistical methods could not be applied to evaluate a possible MI risk of Lp(a). In addition to Lp(a), several other risk and anti-risk factors for atherosclerosis were assayed. The whole population was divided into normolipemics (NL) and Type IIa, IIb and IV phenotypes. The subjects were grouped into 2 or 3 Lp(a)-types, selecting several different cutoff points for Lp(a) concentrations. NL-controls had significantly lower total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol but higher high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol values compared to the MI-patients. The HDL-cholesterol concentration was significantly different between Type IIa controls and MI-patients. Eleven percent of the NL-controls, but 25% of the NL-MI-patients exhibited Lp(a) values > 50 mg/dl. Lp(a) concentration above this value represents a 2.3-fold relative risk for MI. Similar findings were obtained in the Type IIa and IIb populations, but not in Type IV hyperlipemics. Taking 30 mg/dl as the cutoff point, Lp(a) represents a relative risk of 1.75 for MI in the NL population. Hyperlipemics in general (controls + MI) exhibited higher Lp(a) values compared to NL. Statistical evaluation of all the data failed to reveal any correlation between Lp(a) levels and other risk or anti-risk factors for atherosclerosis. Lp(a) evidently represents an independent additional risk factor for MI with a possible threshold value of .apprx. 30 mg/dl in NL.