TABLE 2.

Offspring study

	Controls (Parents without MI)	Cases (Parents with MI)	Significance
Number	1,434	52	—
Age (years)	54.7	55.5	n.s.
Lp(a) >25 mg/dl	192 (13.3%)	17 (32.7%)	P < 0.05
LDL-C/HDL-C	1.88	2.13	P < 0.05

Plasma Lp(a) levels were quantified in 1,500 young soldiers on the occasion of their military draft to the Austrian army whose parents suffered from MI (Cases) or were free of MI (Controls). The table lists the number and percent of soldiers with >25 mg/dl of Lp(a) in the two categories. The values in the table are taken from (37). See main text for details. n.s., not significant.