Jason Fung: Why Genetic and Epidemiologic Data Cannot Fully Prove That Lp(a) Directly Causes Cardiovascular Disease
Jason Fung, Physician, Nephrologist, shared a post on X about a recent article by Gissette Reyes-Soffer et al., published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, adding:
“Cardiologists, ‘lipid experts’, social media influencers were all 100% sure that Lp(a) is causative.
Based on genetic and epidemiologic data that can never prove causality.”
Title: Lipoprotein(a): A Genetically Determined, Causal, and Prevalent Risk Factor for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Authors: Gissette Reyes-Soffer, Henry N Ginsberg, Lars Berglund, P Barton Duell, Sean P Heffron, Pia R Kamstrup, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Santica M Marcovina, Calvin Yeang, Marlys L Koschinsky, American Heart Association Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention, Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease
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