Talk:Lipoprotein(a)

not an independent risk factor

"In this cohort, Lp(a) was not an independent risk factor for [ischemic heart disease] but appeared to increase the risk associated with other lipid risk factors." B3141592653 (talk) 20:35, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

References

ICD-10 diagnostic codes for Lp(a) approved by the CDC

The Lipoprotein(a) Foundation announced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has approved two ICD-10 codes for the diagnosis of elevated Lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a). The ICD-10 diagnosis codes help to identify asymptomatic patients with elevated Lipoprotein(a) (E78.41) and a family history of elevated Lipoprotein(a) (Z83.430), and will go into effect in October of this year.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180628005276/en/Lipoprotein-Foundation-Announces-ICD-10-Diagnostic-Codes-Elevated Phantom in ca (talk) 21:07, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Misleading infobox

The infobox used here (Template:Infobox gene) shows an image depicting apo(a), while its title is "LPA", which according to the article text stands for Lipoprotein(a). In short, it shows a protein rather than a lipoprotein. Since there's no caption for the image, the infobox is misleading.

Of course, the image does not look like a lipoprotein, hence most readers probably will understand that the image does not show an LPA. However, they may fail to guess what it does show exactly.

Paolo.dL (talk) 20:53, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

incomplete sentence

"One large study suggested that there was a decreased association between lipoprotein(a) levels and risk. [citation needed]" Needs to specify what risk. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Varidhi Singh (talk • contribs) 13:59, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Copyediting

I have made some edits to clarity of language, but I am not sure how much further to edit. Given the scientific subject matter, it seems appropriate that a degree of technical language is used. Apart from the technical terms, the rest of the language seems fairly clear. Usingspoons31 (talk) 21:18, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Consensus

The medical consensus from health authorities is that Lp(a) should be measured once in each adult person’s lifetime. , , . 90% of a person’s Lp(a) level is inherited. Psychologist Guy (talk) 22:41, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Update needed

Many of the systematic reviews on this article are over 12 or 14 years out of date. I would suggest updating the article with modern reviews , , , , , . Psychologist Guy (talk) 23:01, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Incorrect infobox image

The image in the infobox (1I7I) is kringle IV type 7 and not apolipoprotein(a) (or lipoprotein(a) as implied by the caption). KIV7 is only 1 out of the 11 distinct kringle domains comprising apo(a), which also contains an inactive protease domain and a variable number of KIV2 domains. The caption should be corrected or the image should be removed 30103db (talk) 19:54, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Separate article for apolipoprotein(a)

Would it be clearer if we would have a separate article for lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein(a)? Leoalho (talk) 13:27, 27 May 2026 (UTC)