The impact of baseline dietary fatty acid intake on the association between lipoprotein(a) and mortality in two US cohorts
Nimai Patel,
Chaitanya Chennareddy,
Eric J Brandt
Abstract:Background Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) is an established casual risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. It remains unknown whether dietary fat modifies the association of Lp(a) with cardiovascular death. Aim To understand if dietary fat modifies the association between Lp(a) and cardiovascular death. Methods We utilized the Atherosclerotic Risk in Communities (ARIC) study and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III cohorts and used multivariate cox proportional hazard modeling … Show more
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