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New Clinical Endocrinology Guidelines Support Lp-PLA2 Measurement For Risk Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease
Date:4/26/2012

s a major risk factor for the development of coronary artery disease ("CAD") and may even be a prerequisite for CAD, occurring before other major risk factors come into play.   Elevated Lp-PLA2 levels are specific for inflammation in the blood vessels, and are not influenced by obesity, infections or other inflammatory conditions unrelated to atherosclerosis.

The AACE guidelines include the following statements:

  • Lp-PLA2 has been identified as a strong and independent predictor of cardiovascular disease events and stroke in patients with and without clinically evident CAD.
  • Measurement of Lp-PLA2, in some studies, has demonstrated more specificity than high sensitivity C-Reactive Protein ("hs-CRP") when it is necessary to further stratify a patient's cardiovascular disease risk, especially with elevated hs-CRP in the presence of other causes of inflammation (hs-CRP is an indiscriminate marker of general inflammation).
  • Significantly elevated Lp-LPA2 in combination with significantly elevated hs-CRP constitutes very high cardiovascular disease risk in individuals with low or moderately elevated LDL cholesterol.

(1) American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists' Guidelines for Management of Dyslipidemia and Prevention of Atherosclerosis.  PS Jellinger et al.  Endocrine Practice Vol 18 (Suppl 1) March/April 2012.

About diaDexus, Inc.

diaDexus, Inc., based in South San Francisco, California, is focused on the development and commercialization of patent-protected in vitro diagnostic products addressing unmet needs in cardiovascular disease. The company's PLAC® Test ELISA Kit is the only blood test cleared by the FDA to aid in predicting risk for both coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke associated with atherosclerosis, the #1 and #3 causes of death, respectively, in the United States. The company's PLAC® Test for Lp-PLA2
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