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Are ethnicity and parental history of premature cardiovascular disease associated with serum lipoprotein (a) levels in children and adolescents?
Are ethnicity and parental history of premature cardiovascular disease associated with serum lipoprotein (a) levels in children and adolescents?
Lp(a) levels in US children and adolescents vary by ethnicity and are significantly associated with a parental history of premature heart attack or angina.
Lp(a) assessment in children should not yet incorporate ethnicity or family history; leaves open predictive value for cardiovascular outcomes.
Ethnicity-related differences in mean Lp(a) exist among children and adolescents in the United States and parental history of premature heart attack/angina significantly associated with levels of Lp(a) in children. Further research on the associations of Lp(a) levels in childhood with subsequent risk of atherosclerosis is needed.
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