DISTRIBUTION OF SERUM-LIPOPROTEIN (A) CONCENTRATIONS IN A HEALTHY TURKISH POPULATION

被引:15
作者
OREM, A
DEGER, O
ONDER, E
KARAHAN, SC
EFE, H
UZUNOSMANOGLU, D
机构
[1] Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon
关键词
ELISA; AGE; CHOLESTEROL; APOLIPOPROTEINS; TRIGLYCERIDE;
D O I
10.1177/000456329403100406
中图分类号
R446 [实验室诊断]; R-33 [实验医学、医学实验];
学科分类号
1001 ;
摘要
Serum lipoprotein (a)[Lp (a)] concentrations are highly skewed in different populations. We measured serum Lp (a) by quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 248 healthy Turkish subjects (127 male, 121 female). The mean Lp (a) value was 0.21 g/L and values did not differ between the sexes. The Lp (a) frequency distribution showed less skewness than those of Asian and Western populations but it clearly deviated from a Gaussian distribution. Plasma Lp (a) concentration did not correlate significantly with age, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol, apolipoprotein A-1 and B or triglyceride concentration.
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页码:343 / 346
页数:4
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