Factors Associated with Lipoprotein(a) Testing Among Multiethnic Individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a causal risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and clinical guidelines recommend incorporating Lp(a) testing in routine care.

Objective

Examine real-world, contemporary clinical testing patterns of Lp(a) among multiethnic populations.

Design

In this nested case-control study, we assessed the prevalence and factors associated with Lp(a) testing within a large Northern Californian health system between 2010 and 2021. Incident density matching was used to select controls matched with a case for a case:control ratio of up to 1:5. Conditional logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between Lp(a) testing, sociodemographic, and clinical characteristics.

Participants

We included individuals a

SUBMITTER: Brar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11914439 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature