title: [Clinical significance of serum LpA-I levels measured by immunoturbidimetric assay in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients].
abstract: Previously, we developed an immunoturbidimetric assay method for lipoprotein A-I(LpA-I) on sera pre-absorbed with anti-apolipoprotein A-II. In the present study, correlations between serum lipoprotein A-I and other serum parameters levels were examined and LpA-I levels were studied in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The serum levels of LpA-I did not correlate with those of diabetic markers such as fasted blood glucose, glycohemoglobin(HbA1c) and fructosamine, but correlated well with the levels of total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol, phospholipids, apolipoprotein A-I and seemed to correlate inversely with arteriosclerosis index. In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, LpA-I levels were significantly lower than those in normal subjects. Especially, LpA-I levels of patients with diabetic complications were significantly lower than those in normal subjects and non-complicated diabetic patients. Then, the measurement of LpA-I levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus was considered to be useful for prevention and management of arteriosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, Ehime University Medical School, Onsen-gun, Ehime-pref., 791-0295.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shishino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murase
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hitsumoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saheki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods; D017270:Lipoprotein(a) / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D017270:Lipoprotein(a); C078260:lipoprotein A-I