Lipoprotein(a) and metabolic syndrome—evidence for an inverse association in a pooled cross-sectional analysis of the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) and the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP-0)
Author(s) -
Nikolaus Buchmann,
Till Ittermann,
Ilja Demuth,
Marcello Ricardo Paulista Markus,
Henry Völzke,
Marcus Dörr,
Nele Friedrich,
Markus M. Lerch,
Raúl D. Santos,
Sabine Schipf,
Elisabeth SteinhagenThiessen
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0153
Subject(s) - medicine , metabolic syndrome , cross sectional study , confidence interval , diabetes mellitus , menopause , demography , population , endocrinology , obesity , environmental health , pathology , sociology
An inverse association between lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) and type 2 diabetes mellitus is well documented. However, data on the association of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) with Lp(a) are sparse.
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