Variations of Lipoprotein(a) Levels in the Metabolic Syndrome: A Report from the Maracaibo City Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence Study
Table 5
Serum Lp(a) concentration in the general population and by gender according to specific diagnostic combinations for the metabolic syndrome. The Maracaibo City Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence Study, 2013.
Metabolic syndrome
Number of criteria for MS
Lp(a) (mg/dL)
Females
Males
Total
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Without MS
No criteria
Healthy
185
24.79
11.63
24.31
12.50
24.54
12.07
0.790
1 criterion
W
189
26.90
12.25
26.47
11.20
26.72
11.80
0.806
B
20
22.55
8.27
26.74
10.32
26.32
10.03
0.589
G
27
25.99
11.31
18.23
13.19
20.53
12.95
0.159
H
122
25.03
11.15
26.33
10.76
25.46
10.99
0.538
T
9
30.23
14.37
27.52
15.76
28.42
14.45
0.810
2 criteria
WB
103
26.23
11.74
29.47
12.47
27.80
12.15
0.177
WG
52
24.41
12.03
26.25
15.08
25.12
13.17
0.628
WH
233
27.45
10.37
25.94
13.08
27.14
10.97
0.397
WT
16
22.12
12.65
31.74
11.83
28.73
12.54
0.162
BG
14
34.45
8.67
18.82
14.32
23.29
14.59
0.067
BH
19
26.50
8.32
21.54
11.59
23.37
10.54
0.337
BT
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
GH
20
26.75
16.49
23.34
16.71
25.56
16.21
0.666
GT
4
—
—
20.42
11.78
20.42
11.78
—
HT
16
30.21
8.66
32.28
10.83
31.24
9.53
0.680
With MS
3 criteria
WBG
46
33.49
13.47
26.21
14.56
28.90
14.46
0.099
WBH
133
30.61
12.73
32.26
13.27
31.17
12.89
0.487
WBT
38
34.78
13.26
32.11
14.32
32.88
13.90
0.598
WGH
65
23.82
13.99
21.53
12.79
22.90
13.47
0.506
WGT
17
25.49
17.56
27.33
16.08
26.57
16.18
0.826
WHT
92
28.67
11.12
31.55
13.12
29.99
12.09
0.257
BGH
2
—
—
25.89
2.52
25.89
2.52
—
BGT
5
33.75
6.43
23.83
15.82
27.80
12.85
0.478
GHT
4
28.81
30.64
61.40
—
36.96
29.85
—
BHT
2
—
—
16.85
20.58
16.85
20.58
—
4 criteria
WBGH
97
28.52
11.83
28.66
12.45
28.58
12.06
0.957
WBGT
34
32.16
17.14
27.70
15.35
29.01
15.77
0.461
WBHT
82
34.42
11.69
26.92
11.52
30.58
12.14
0.004
BGHT
3
29.60
—
24.30
9.05
26.07
7.09
—
WGHT
46
29.23
10.48
27.36
14.23
28.34
12.31
0.612
5 criteria
All
112
29.20
13.62
28.73
12.09
28.95
12.78
0.846
W: high waist circumference; B: high blood pressure; G: high basal glucose; H: low HDL-C; T: high TAG.
*Student’s -test.