Elevated Lipoprotein(a) Does Not Cause Low-Grade Inflammation Despite Causal Association With Aortic Valve Stenosis and Myocardial Infarction: A Study of 100 578 Individuals from the General Population
Author(s) -
Anne Langsted,
Anette Varbo,
Pia R. Kamstrup,
Børge G. Nordestgaard
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2015-1096
Subject(s) - mendelian randomization , medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , hazard ratio , lipoprotein(a) , stenosis , aortic valve , population , aortic valve stenosis , lipoprotein , confidence interval , genotype , cholesterol , biology , genetics , environmental health , genetic variants , gene
It is unknown whether elevated lipoprotein(a) is causally associated with low-grade inflammation.
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