Table 2.

Clinical and Biochemical Features of the Study Population by Lp(a) Categories

	Lp(a)<30	Lp(a)≥30	P	Lp(a)<50	Lp(a)≥50	P	Lp(a)<80th Percentile	Lp(a)≥ 80th Percentile	P
	N= 116 (43%)	N= 152 (57%)		N= 180 (67%)	N= 88 (33%)		N= 214 (80%)	N= 54 (20%)
Age	58.897 ± 11.173	59.197 ± 11.703	0.832	58.767 ± 11.040	59.682 ± 12.308	0.54	58.421 ± 11.402	61.630 ± 11.419	0.066
BMI (Kg/m2)	29.437 ± 4.602	28.525 ± 4.024	0.089	29.267 ± 4.413	28.186 ± 3.978	0.059	29.083 ± 4.394	28.264 ± 3.869	0.223
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	197.147 ± 44.064	206.184 ± 49.643	0.122	198.400 ± 46.112	210.193 ± 49.360	0.056	202.131 ± 48.151	202.833 ± 44.915	0.923
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	118.191 ± 33.356	125.987 ± 42.453	0.105	119.944 ± 38.300	128.091 ± 39.817	0.108	122.662 ± 39.652	122.500 ± 36.246	0.978
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	41.862 ± 9.607	45.928 ± 13.507	0.006	43.244 ± 11.886	46.057 ± 12.453	0.074	43.397 ± 11.560	47.222 ± 13.841	0.038
CRP (mg/L)	8.060 ± 11.811	10.999 ± 16.355	0.104	8.258 ± 11.886	12.754 ± 18.758	0.018	8.976 ± 13.141	12.681 ± 19.212	0.096
Homocysteine (μmol/L)	13.679 ± 6.537	12.967 ± 5.901	0.351	13.222 ± 5.896	13.383 ± 6.765	0.841	13.427 ± 6.610	12.674 ± 4.060	0.425
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	197.931 ± 122.163	195.250 ± 129.272	0.863	195.622 ± 123.664	198.023 ± 131.411	0.884	201.799 ± 132.602	175.056 ± 93.572	0.164
FBS (mg/dL)	111.422 ± 35.532	119.539 ± 48.070	0.128	115.383 ± 41.153	117.341 ± 47.352	0.728	117.883 ± 45.111	108.667 ± 34.018	0.162

Notes: Data are mean values followed by ± standard deviation. The p-value (P) is generated using Two Sample t-test. P-value is significant if P-value < 0.05. Statistically significant values (P<0.05) are emphasized in bold.

Abbreviations: CRP, C-Reactive Protein; Lp(a), Lipoprotein(a); Fx CAD, family history of coronary artery disease; FBS, fasting blood sugar.