Serum lipoprotein(a) and reclassification of coronary heart disease risk; application of prediction in a cross-sectional analysis of an ongoing Iranian cohort

• Main Authors: Mojgan Ghavami (Author), Alireza Abdshah (Author), Sadaf Esteghamati (Author), Nima Hafezi-Nejad (Author), Manouchehr Nakhjavani (Author), Alireza Esteghamati (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction Recent studies have introduced elevated lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) as a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). This study investigated whether the addition of Lp(a) as a novel biomarker to the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) model improves CHD risk prediction. Methods The study...