LPA and atherosclerosis: Furthermore, patients with baseline atherosclerosis had significantly higher calculated indices: MHR (0.54 [0.40; 0.73] vs. 0.39 [0.30; 0.55], p = 0.002) and Lp(a)-to-HDL-C ratio (20.94 [6.19; 71.79] vs. 8.82 [4.41; 21.39], p = 0.003) (Table 1).