title: Lipoprotein (a), lipids, and lipoproteins in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Lipoprotein (a), (Lp(a)), an independent atherogenic factor, was significantly increased in 93 patients with classical, seropositive rheumatoid arthritis of median disease activity. In the patients with Lp(a) concentrations above the upper reference value of 480 mg/l there was a significant correlation between Lp(a) and the concentration of orosomucoid, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and the platelet count. The plasma concentrations of cholesterol and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol in both male and female patients were significantly lower than in controls. Apolipoprotein B and apolipoprotein AI in the patients correlated significantly with total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rantapää-Dahlqvist
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wållberg-Jonsson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dahlén
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000097:blood*; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D017270:Lipoprotein(a); D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010976:Platelet Count; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D017270:Lipoprotein(a); D008074:Lipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol