Abdominal obesity with hypertriglyceridaemia, lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein A‐I determine marked cardiometabolic risk

Background Risks for coronary heart disease ( CHD ) and diabetes ( T 2 DM ) of the ‘hypertriglyceridemic waist’ phenotype ( H tg W ) warrant further investigation. We studied this issue and whether partial proinflammatory conversion of apolipoprotein (apo) A‐I by lipoprotein(a) [ L p(a)] is a codeterminant. Materials and Methods In a population‐based prospective study, 1328 Turkish adults were analysed in four groups by the presence of abdominal...