The results have shown: Lp (a) concentration on non diabetics obeses people and NIDDM patients are not different and both are higher than controls (geometric mean 28.7 and 24.9 respectively compared to 15, 7 mg / dL with p <0.01) There are no differences in Lp (a) concentration between NIDDM patients with and without coronary (geometric mean 21.09 compared to 21.02 mg / dL with p > 0.05) and retinal complications (geometric mean 24.31 compared to 21.02 mg / dL with p > 0.05).