Endocrine Abstracts

Backgroud: Increased lipoprotein (a) {Lp(a)} concentrations are associated with cardiovascular disease. Whether type 2 diabetes increase the level of Lp(a) still controversial. We studied the level of Lp(a) in health and type 2 diabetes Thai subjects and studied the relationship between Lp(a) and metabolic factors in both groupsMethods: The study included 180 normal glucose tolerance healthy subjects that have age and sex matched with 180 type 2 diabetes...