Lipoprotein(a) Levels at Birth and in Early Childhood: The COMPARE Study

Nina Strandkjær, Malene Kongsgaard Hansen, Sofie Taageby Nielsen, Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, Anne Tybjærg-Hansen, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Ann Tabor, Henning Bundgaard, Kasper Iversen, Pia R. Kamstrup*

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Abstract

Background and Objective: High lipoprotein(a) is a genetically determined causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and 20% of the adult population has high levels (ie, >42 mg/dL, >88 nmol/L). We investigated whether early life lipoprotein(a) levels measured in cord blood may serve as a proxy for neonatal venous blood levels, whether lipoprotein(a) birth levels (ie, cord or venous) predict levels later in life, and whether early life and parental levels correlate. Methods: The Compare study is a prospective cohort study of newborns (N = 450) from Copenhagen, Denmark, including blood sampling of parents. Plasma lipoprotein(a) was measured in cord blood (N = 402), neonatal venous blood (N = 356), and at 2 (N = 320) and 15 months follow-up (N = 148) of infants, and in parents (N = 705). Results: Mean lipoprotein(a) levels were 2.2 (95% CI, 1.9-2.5), 2.4 (2.0-2.7), 4.1 (3.4-4.9), and 14.6 (11.4-17.9) mg/dL in cord, neonatal venous, and 2- and 15-month venous samples, respectively. Lipoprotein(a) levels in cord blood correlated strongly with neonatal venous blood levels (R2 = 0.95, P < 0.001) and neonatal levels correlated moderately with 2- and 15-month levels (R2 = 0.68 and 0.67, both P < 0.001). Birth levels ≥ 90th percentile predicted lipoprotein(a) > 42 mg/dL at 15 months with positive predictive values of 89% and 85% for neonatal venous and cord blood. Neonatal and infant levels correlated weakly with parental levels, most pronounced at 15 months (R2 = 0.22, P < 0.001). Conclusions: Lipoprotein(a) levels are low in early life, cord blood may serve as a proxy for neonatal venous blood, and birth levels ≥ 90th percentile can identify newborns at risk of developing high levels.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Vol/bind107
Udgave nummer2
Sider (fra-til)324-335
Antal sider12
ISSN0021-972X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2022

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Research Foundation at Rigshospitalet. The Copenhagen Baby Heart Study receives financial support from the Danish Heart Association, the Danish Children's Heart Foundation, Candy's Foundation, the Toyota Foundation, and Herlev-Gentofte Hospital Research Foundation. The funding sources had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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