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. 2022 Oct 17;9(2):e002060. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2022-002060

Table 4.

Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) level by geographic region

Region Patients with Lp(a) measured in mg/dL
N=29 765
N (%)
Lp(a) mg/dL
N=29 765
Median (IQR)
Patients with Lp(a) measured in nmol/L
N=18 370
N (%)
Lp(a) nmol/L
Median (IQR)
Patients with LDL-C values
N=47 988
N (%)
LDL-C mg/dL
Median (IQR)
East Asia 6730 (22.6) 14.1 (6.0–31.3) 209 (1.1) 35.1 (14.0–100.8) 6936 (14.5) 75.8 (60.7– 94.0)
South Asia 3347 (11.2) 24.4 (10.8–56.2) 418 (2.3) 30.5 (10.8–92.0) 3762 (7.8) 74.0 (56.0– 97.0)
Eastern Europe 5467 (18.4) 15.0 (7.0–58.0) 4172 (22.7) 31.7 (12.0–128.2) 9626 (20.1) 88.2 (68.1– 117.9)
Western Europe 8676 (29.2) 19.4 (8.1–74.0) 3633 (19.8) 42.0 (19.0–169.0) 12 221 (25.5) 73.0 (56.0– 95.0)
Latin America 3761 (12.6) 19.7 (8.0–67.0) 1272 (6.9) 29.8 (10.0–101.0) 5019 (10.5) 82.0 (62.2– 112.0)
North America 1208 (4.1) 48.0 (11.0–104.0) 8037 (43.8) 52.3 (15.6–168.9) 9228 (19.2) 69.2 (53.0– 93.0)
Other 576 (1.9) 17.8 (8.0–49.2) 629 (3.4) 59.0 (22.0–150.0) 1196 (2.5) 82.0 (61.9–108.3)

LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.