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Title: | Importancia de la lipoproteína (a) en pacientes con hipercolesterolemia familiar para prevenir el riesgo cardiovascular |
Author: | García Peñalver, Elizabet |
Tutor: | Gallardo Alfaro, Laura |
Others: | Perez-Alvarez, Nuria |
Abstract: | It has been proven that people with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and elevated Lp(a) values have a double risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease. This research aims to verify whether it would be important to take advantage of HF family cascade screening to also obtain Lp(a) levels. For this end, a database has been analyzed, in which the genetic test for FH was performed by applying a screening. We studied the characteristics of patients with FH; compared index and family case; and analyzed whether there are differences between patients with different Lp(a) values. The results of the statistical analysis, performed with different tests, indicate that, thanks to the screening, 22% of people who were not diagnosed with FH have beend etected; that women have higher HDL and Apo A values; lower CV risk value at 5 years, at 10 years and in triglycerides; a lower frequency of heart attacks. In the comparison between the index case and the familial case, the only significant difference is that the familial case group has a lower median age, which helps in an earlier diagnosis of FH. In the comparison between patients with different Lp(a) intervals, no difference is obtained in the variables studied. However, when extracting the Lp(a) values in this screening, 26% of patients were found to have values above 50 mg/dL, the threshold at which this lipoprotein is considered to have CV risk. |
Keywords: | hipercolesterolemia familiar lipoproteina (a) riesgo cardiovascular |
Document type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
Issue Date: | 13-Jan-2023 |
Publication license: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
Appears in Collections: | Trabajos finales de carrera, trabajos de investigación, etc. |
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