LPA and chronic kidney disease: Support to a possible role of Lp(a) in the development and progression of renal dysfunction has been provided also in other studies [203,204], although in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study that enrolled 3939 adults with chronic kidney disease, mostly diabetics, none of the circulating lipids, including Lp(a), were significantly associated with progression of kidney disease [205].