It is a silent genetic condition affecting millions of people, dramatically increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Yet vanishingly few have ever heard of it.
Lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), is a type of ‘bad’ cholesterol that causes no symptoms and is not detected by standard testing and checkups.
Around one in five people inherit high levels, often without knowing, and many are not diagnosed until they suffer a serious cardiovascular event.
Some die without ever discovering they were living with the hidden risk.
Last week, The Inbetweeners star James Buckley revealed on his podcast he is among those with dangerously high Lp(a) levels,
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