Lipoprotein (a): impact by ethnicity and environmental and medical conditions.

Abstract excerpt

Levels of lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)], a complex between an LDL-like lipid moiety containing one copy of apoB, and apo(a), a plasminogen-derived carbohydrate-rich hydrophilic protein, are primarily genetically regulated. Although stable intra-individually, Lp(a) levels have a skewed distribution inter-individually and are strongly impacted by a size polymorphism of the LPA gene, resulting in a variable number of...

Topics

• Age Factors
• Apolipoproteins A
• Apolipoproteins B
• Ethnicity
• Female
• Genetic Variation
• Humans
• Kringles
• Lipoprotein(a)
• Male
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Risk Factors