Effect of ageing on plasma lipoprotein(a) levels

doi:10.1258/0004563021901937

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Effect of ageing on plasma lipoprotein(a) levels

1 May 2002

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BACKGROUND: Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a risk factor for atherosclerosis and increases with age. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of ageing on Lp(a) for three different apo(a) phenotypes. METHODS: We measured plasma Lp(a) concentrations in 551 unrelated Japanese subjects (20-88 years of age). We performed statistical analyses separately for three apo(a) phenotypes: the low-molecular-weight...

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