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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2016 Nov 9;135(3):251–263. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.024611

Table 5.

Hazard Ratios for MACE by Ethnicity According to Quartiles of Lp(a), OxPL-apoB and Size of the Major Apolipoprotein(a) Isoform with Sequential adjustment.

Black
Variable Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Quartile 4 P-Value Q1 vs. Q4
Lp(a) plus sex, HTN, diabetes, smoking, age in deciles, BMI, LDL-C per 25 mg/dL, HDL-C per 10 mg/dL, log2 TG 1.00 1.80 (0.73-4.43) 2.37 (0.99-5.63) 3.27 (1.27-7.11) 0.012
OxPL-apoB plus sex, HTN, diabetes, smoking, age in deciles, BMI, LDL-C per 25 mg/dL, HDL-C per 10 mg/dL, log2 TG 1.00 0.86 (0.44-1.68) 1.13 (0.63-2.02) 1.54 (0.87-2.72) 0.140
Major apolipoprotein(a) isoform size plus sex, HTN, diabetes, smoking, age in deciles, BMI, LDL-C per 25 mg/dL, HDL-C per 10 mg/dL, log2 TG 1.00 0.81 (0.52-1.25) 0.76 (0.48-1.20) 0.49 (0.27-0.88) 0.017
White
Variable Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Quartile 4 P-Value Q1 vs. Q4
Lp(a) plus sex, HTN, diabetes, smoking, age in deciles, BMI, LDL-C per 25 mg/dL, HDL-C per 10 mg/dL, log2 TG 1.00 0.88 (0.42-1.88) 1.31 (0.56-3.03) 1.83 (0.88-3.80) 0.105
OxPL-apoB plus sex, HTN, diabetes, smoking, age in deciles, BMI, LDL-C per 25 mg/dL, HDL-C per 10 mg/dL, log2 TG 1.00 0.54 (0.24-1.23) 0.75 (0.34-1.63) 0.57 (0.28-1.17) 0.127
Major apolipoprotein(a) isoform size plus sex, HTN, diabetes, smoking, age in deciles, BMI, LDL-C per 25 mg/dL, HDL-C per 10 mg/dL, log2 TG 1.00 0.81 (0.52-1.25) 0.76 (0.48-1.20) 0.49 (0.27-0.88) 0.017
Hispanic
Variable Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Quartile 4 P-Value Q1 vs. Q4
Lp(a) plus sex, HTN, diabetes, smoking, age in deciles, BMI, LDL-C per 25 mg/dL, HDL-C per 10 mg/dL, log2 TG 1.00 3.44 (0.55-21.7) 2.29 (0.38-13.8) 5.43 (0.79-37.2) 0.085
OxPL-apoB plus sex, HTN, diabetes, smoking, age in deciles, BMI, LDL-C per 25 mg/dL, HDL-C per 10 mg/dL, log2 TG 1.00 1.66 (0.31-8.82) 1.07 (0.10-11.2) 13.4 (1.89-94.3) 0.009
Major apolipoprotein(a) isoform size plus sex, HTN, diabetes, smoking, age in deciles, BMI, LDL-C per 25 mg/dL, HDL-C per 10 mg/dL, log2 TG 1.00 0.38 (0.04-3.80) 0.68 (0.11-4.03) 0.35 (0.06-1.91) 0.23

Quartiles for Lp(a): Q1<19.6, Q2 >19.6 - <49.9, Q3 >49.9 - <110.5, Q4 >110.5 nmol/L. Quartiles for major isoform size: Q1<19.5, Q2 >19.5 - <24.0, Q3 >24.0 - <28.0, Q4 >28.0 Kringle IV repeats. Quartiles for OxPL-apoB: Q1<2564, Q2 >2564 - <4025, Q3 >4025 - <8734, Q4 >8734 RLU