Association of Plasma Pentraxin-3 Level with Lipid Levels and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People with No History of Lipid-Lowering Medication: the Dong-gu Study.
CONCLUSION: The circulating PTX3 level was inversely associated with metabolic syndrome, overweight/obesity, and parameters of dyslipidemia, suggesting a cardioprotective role of PTX3 in atherosclerosis.
PMID: 30674758 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis - Category: Cardiology Tags: J Atheroscler Thromb Source Type: research
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