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Low "quotient" Lp(a) concentration mediates autoimmune activation and independently predicts cardiometabolic risk.
Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association - 1 Jan 2015
Onat A, Çoban N, Can G, Yüksel M, Karagöz A, Yüksel H, Ademoğlu E, Erginel-Ünaltuna N
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We determined whether U-shaped relationships exist between serum lipoprotein[Lp](a) and cardiometabolic risk. METHODS: In population-based nondiabetic and diabetic middle-aged adults (n=1 428 and 241, respectively) who had been genotyped for the LPA rs10455872 A>G polymorphism, we adjusted the Lp(a) concentration for the effects of genotype and other covariates. Via sex-specific equations we estimated...
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