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James Buckley discovered he had high lipoprotein(a) levels while Clair was in hospital being treated for dehydration (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\nJames Buckley\u2019s wife Clair has said her husband had to cut back on his alcohol consumption after he discovered he has a genetic predisposition to cardiovascular problems.<\/p>\n
The Inbetweeners star, 38, revealed that he has high levels of lipoprotein(a), an inherited type of fat and protein in the liver.<\/p>\n
According to cholesterol charity HEART UK, high levels of lipoprotein(a) can lead to it sticking to the artery walls and clogging them up, potentially leading to heart disease and stroke at a young age.<\/p>\n
James Buckley discovered he had high lipoprotein(a) levels while Clair was in hospital being treated for dehydration (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n
Speaking on The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X, Clair said the actor \u201cstill drinks\u201d but cut back for the sake of his health.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cI think he had his mum sending him a message saying, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ve got this sort of genetic thing\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd she was like \u2018you need to get checked\u2019, which he did and then they were like \u2018yeah, no, you do have it, so just try and be a bit healthier\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, he did knock it on the head for a little while but he still goes to the pub.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the couple\u2019s podcast At Home With The Buckleys, James said he discovered he had high lipoprotein(a) when he had a health check while Clair was in hospital for severe dehydration.<\/p>\n
When a blood test sparked concern, Buckley asked for further tests.<\/p>\n
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James Buckley hosts a podcast with his wife (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n
Speaking about her hospital stay, Clair said: \u201cI got a little virus and it just apparently dehydrated me beyond belief. And I didn\u2019t really know until it was time to go to hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cI\u2019m all good now. I\u2019ve been on the electrolytes for weeks now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Buckley spoke about his lipoprotein(a) levels on the couple\u2019s podcast, saying: \u201cThere\u2019s nothing you can do about it. And the doctor\u2019s just been like, \u2018you need to change\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy heart, my arteries. I\u2019m not a religious man, but sometimes I feel like there is a God that sort of goes \u2018that\u2019ll teach you\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
High lipoprotein(a) levels are common, affecting about 20% of people worldwide, according to the Cleveland Clinic.<\/p>\n
Because high lipoprotein(a) levels are determined by one\u2019s genetics, they do not change over the course of a lifetime.<\/p>\n
HEART UK recommends management of high lipoprotein levels should include reducing your overall risk of heart disease and stroke, and aiming for a\u00a0non-HDL cholesterol level below 2.5mmol\/L and\/or LDL cholesterol below 1.8mmol\/L.<\/p>\n
Buckley portrayed Jay Cartwright on The Inbetweeners and its two film adaptations, released in 2011 and 2014.<\/p>\n
His most recent role was in the 2026 film Mother\u2019s Pride with Martin Clunes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Buckley\u2019s wife Clair has said her husband had to cut back on his alcohol consumption after he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-590610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}