OBJECTIVES: To investigate the correlation between serum lipoprotein(a) concentration and existence as well as severity of coronary atherosclerosis. DESIGN AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 826 patients who underwent angiography through measuring blood sugar, serum lipids, lipoprotein(a) and evaluation of coronary stenosis by Gensini score. RESULTS: Gensini score=6 was considered as a cut-off point for coronary disease and 40 mg/dL was determined as lipoprotein(a) cut-off point. Its higher concentration was significantly more frequent in patients with Gensini score>6 (OR: 2.50, p=0.001), independent of gender, smoking, diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia. This finding was significant in patients <55 years old. There was a significant relationship between severity of coronary stenosis and higher concentration of serum lipoprotein(a). CONCLUSION: LP(a) serum concentration is an independent risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis in the Iranian population especially at the ages below 55. Also it demonstrates a direct relationship between severity of coronary atherosclerosis (by Gensini score) and serum LP(a).
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the correlation between serum lipoprotein(a) concentration and existence as well as severity of coronary atherosclerosis. DESIGN AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 826 patients who underwent angiography through measuring blood sugar, serum lipids, lipoprotein(a) and evaluation of coronary stenosis by Gensini score. RESULTS: Gensini score=6 was considered as a cut-off point for coronary disease and 40 mg/dL was determined as lipoprotein(a) cut-off point. Its higher concentration was significantly more frequent in patients with Gensini score>6 (OR: 2.50, p=0.001), independent of gender, smoking, diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia. This finding was significant in patients <55 years old. There was a significant relationship between severity of coronary stenosis and higher concentration of serum lipoprotein(a). CONCLUSION:LP(a) serum concentration is an independent risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis in the Iranian population especially at the ages below 55. Also it demonstrates a direct relationship between severity of coronary atherosclerosis (by Gensini score) and serum LP(a).
Authors: M Elizabeth Tejero; V S Voruganti; Guowen Cai; Shelley A Cole; Sandra Laston; Charlotte R Wenger; Jean W Mac Cluer; Bennet Dyke; Richard Devereux; Sven O Ebbesson; Richard R Fabsitz; B V Howard; A G Comuzzie Journal: Am J Hum Biol Date: 2010 Jul-Aug Impact factor: 1.937