Article
Apoprotein(a) phenotypes and plasma lipoprotein(a) concentration in patients with diabetes mellitus.
Clinical biochemistry - 1 Oct 2003
Labudovic Danica D, Toseska Katerina N, Alabakovska Sonja B, B Todorova Bojana
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether apo(a) isoforms and plasma Lp(a) concentrations in association with some lipid parameters increase the relative risk for the development of atherosclerosis in patients with diabetes mellitus (IDDM and NIDDM). DESIGN AND METHODS: Apo (a) isoforms, Lp(a) and plasma lipids were determined in 40 IDDM and 65 NIDDM patients and in 182 healthy individuals. Apo(a) isoforms were separated...
Topics
- Apolipoproteins A
- Arteriosclerosis
- Cholesterol
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Humans
- Lipoprotein(a)
- Male
- Phenotype
- Protein Isoforms
