Black-white differences in serum Lp(a) lipoprotein levels.
Serum Lp(a) lipoprotein was determined in 81 black and 81 white healthy men and women matched for sex and age. The results show a highly significant increase of Lp(a) concentrations in blacks as compared to whites, and confirm the notion that Lp(a) lipoprotein levels are race-dependent. Whether high values of Lp(a) play an atherogenic role in blacks remains to be established in further studies.
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Service de Recherche sur les Lipoprotéines et l'Athérosclérose, Institut Pasteur, Lille, France.
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Demarquilly
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Fruchart
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D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D044465:White People
D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol