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

Orem A., DEGER O., ONDER E., Karahan S. C., Efe H., UZUNOSMANOGLU D.

ANNALS OF CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, cilt.31, ss.343-346, 1994 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31
  • Basım Tarihi: 1994
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/000456329403100406
  • Dergi Adı: ANNALS OF CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.343-346
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.