%0 Journal Article
%T Lp(a)-cholesterol is associated with HDL-cholesterol in overweight and obese African American children and is not an independent risk factor for CVD
%A Sushma Sharma
%A Jayshree Merchant
%A Sharon E Fleming
%J Cardiovascular Diabetology
%D 2012
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1475-2840-11-10
%X A cross-sectional analysis was carried out using data from a sample of 121 African American children aged 9-11 years with Body Mass Index (BMI)'s greater than the 85th percentile. Body height, weight and waist circumference (WC) were measured. Fasting plasma concentrations of Lp(a)-C, Total cholesterol (TC), High density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), Very low density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C), Intermediate density lipoprotein cholesterol (IDL-C), Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and Triacylglycerides (TAG) were analyzed using the vertical auto profile (VAP) cholesterol method.After adjusting for child age, gender, and pubertal status, Lp(a)-C was positively associated with both HDL-C and TC, and negatively associated with VLDL-C and TAG. Including BMIz and WC as additional covariates did not alter the direction of the relationships between Lp(a)-C and the other lipoproteins. Finally, after adjusting for the other plasma lipoproteins, Lp(a)-C remained strongly associated with HDL-C, whereas the associations of Lp(a)-C with the other lipoproteins were not significant when HDL-C was simultaneously included in the regression models.Lp(a)-C was positively associated with HDL-C and this association is not influenced by other lipoprotein subclasses or by the degree of obesity. We conclude that Lp(a) cholesterol is not an independent risk factor for CVD in African American children.Lipoprotein (a) particles, Lp(a), were first described by Berg in 1963 [1], and are a genetic variant of low-density lipoprotein particles linked via apoB-100 to apolipoprotein(a) [2]. Since being identified, numerous studies have reported that high plasma Lp(a) concentrations are associated with atherosclerotic/thrombotic disease, as comprehensively reviewed by others [3].Despite these reports, there have been conflicting results from prospective studies that evaluated Lp(a) as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although the majority of studies, pe
%K Lipoprotein
%K Lp(a)
%K LDL
%K HDL
%K TAG
%K TC
%K BMIz
%K Waist circumference
%K Obesity
%K CVD
%K Atherosclerosis
%U http://www.cardiab.com/content/11/1/10