Racial and Ethnic Variation in Lipoprotein (a) Levels among Asian Indian and Chinese Patients

Table 3

Multivariate adjusted odds ratio for association between Lp(a) (top quintile versus bottom 4 quintiles) and CVD outcomes.

	NHW	Asian	Chinese
		Indian
Outcome (OR, 95% CI)*
CVD	1.28 [0.80, 2.05]	1.63 [0.30, 9.00]	3.47 [0.24, 49.23]
IHD	1.37 [0.79, 2.37]	2.04 [0.31, 13.35]	4.83 [0.31, 75.30]

*Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, LDL-C, and HDL-C.