Case-study on lipoprotein (a), a risk factor of myocardial infarction (MI)
- Author:
Binh Quang Truong
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
myocardial infarction
- MeSH:
Myocardial Infarction;
Lipoproteins;
risk factors
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):31-33
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
On 92 survivals from MI and 150 controls, lipoprotein (a) was quantified. The distribution of frequency of lipoprotein (a) level in MI survivals is of a right skewed distribution. lipoprotein (a) levels are not influenced by sex. MI patients had significantly higher lipoprotein (a) level in comparing with the controls, and their best discriminated value is 15mg%, at this higher level, the odd ratio is 3.22. Result confirmed that lipoprotein (a) is a risk factor of MI
