As shown in Table 1, the differences in race, education, marital status, hypercholesterolemia, CVD, cholesterol-lowering drugs, BMI, DBP, TG, TC, LDL-C, FIB and FPG among the three groups of Lp(a) were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The gene discussed is LPA; the disease is familial hypercholesterolemia.