Publications by J Stepinska

Hypertension is a significant health concern in middle- and high-income countries, and this study focused on its incidence and prevalence in Poland from 2018 to 2022.
Data was analyzed from a public payer claims database, with hypertension defined using international coding standards (ICD-10).
By 2022, there were nearly 11 million registered cases of hypertension in Poland, with a prevalence of 35.2% in adults and 0.4% in children, showing that younger individuals often have higher rates among men, while older women show a greater prevalence.

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Recommendations of the Experts of the Polish Cardiac Society (PCS) and the Polish Lipid Association (PoLA) on the diagnosis and management of elevated lipoprotein(a) levels.

Bożena Sosnowska Janina Stepinska Przemyslaw Mitkowski Agata Bielecka-Dabrowa Beata Bobrowska

Arch Med Sci

January 2024

Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is made up of a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particle and a specific apolipoprotein(a). The blood concentration of Lp(a) is approximately 90% genetically determined, and the main genetic factor determining Lp(a) levels is the size of the apo(a) isoform, which is determined by the number of KIV2 domain repeats. The size of the apo(a) isoform is inversely proportional to the blood concentration of Lp(a).

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