Lp-PLA2 Predicts Non-Vascular Death

Medical News: Lp-PLA2 Predicts Non-Vascular Death – in Cardiovascular, Atherosclerosis from MedPage Today

High levels of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) were an independent risk factor for non-vascular mortality as well as for cardiovascular death, stroke, and coronary heart disease in a large meta-analysis.

For each standard deviation above the mean for Lp-PLA2 among nearly 80,000 participants in 32 prospective studies, the risk of non-vascular death increased by 10% after adjusting for conventional risk factors, reported Alexander Thompson, of the University of Cambridge in England, and 14 other members of the Lp-PLA2 Studies Collaboration in the May 1 Lancet.

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