Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A2 and Anthropometry, Lifestyle, and Biochemical Factors in a Human Adult Population

Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A2 (PAPP-A2), a metalloproteinase purportedly related to pregnancy, foetal growth and development, has recently been described essential for pre-adult growth. Thus, we measured PAPP-A2 in plasma of a non-pregnant population and determined its associations with lifestyle, anthropometric or biochemical factors. In this cross-sectional study of 387 participants (20–70 years) randomly drawn from registration...