ANSWER: Lp (a) (called “lipoprotein little A”) is an independent risk factor for heart disease compared to total or LDL ...

On the face of it, lipoprotein receptors may not sound like they have much to do with Alzheimer’s disease, or even the central nervous system. But as scientists are finding out more about these ...

Youth with obesity have an altered high-density lipoprotein (HDL) subspecies profile characterized by depletion of large apoE-rich HDL particles and an enrichment of small HDL particles. The goal of ...

A panel discussion titled “Elevated Lipoprotein(a): Raise Your Game and Lower Your (Risk) Score?” presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2023, which convened in ...

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A new analysis has uncovered a potential link between higher prostate cancer risk and genetic variants associated with higher bloodstream levels of the cholesterol-transporting molecule lipoprotein A.

How lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) affects cardiovascular (CV) risk, particularly in the context of major adverse CV events (MACE) among patients based on the baseline atherosclerotic CV disease (ASCVD) ...

A new study shows that a different metric, a measure of HDL function called cholesterol efflux capacity, is more closely associated with protection against heart disease than HDL cholesterol levels ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Studies in cultured fibroblasts from patients with the clinical syndrome of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia have disclosed two ...

Data are presented as median and interquartile range. A P value of 0.05 was considered significant. The analysis of variance (Friedman test) was used. Our prospective study revealed significant ...