This relation had also been mentioned by Langsted et al. and Yeang et al. in their study concerning the elevation of Lp(a) levels and the risk of ischemic stroke, who had found a progressive increase in the absolute risk of ischemic stroke with increasing Lp(a) levels across all categories of sex, age, smoking, and hypertension [28, 29]. This evidence concerns the gene LPA and hypertensive disorder.