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Table 1 Distribution of medical specialties in outpatient referrals for lipoprotein(a) analysis

From: Prevalence of Lp(a) in a real-world Portuguese cohort: implications for cardiovascular risk assessment

Medical specialty

Number of patients

Percentage of patients

Endocrinology

599

52.8%

General Surgery

222

19.6%

Nephrology

163

14.4%

Dermatology

88

7.8%

Cardiology

23

2.0%

Internal Medicine

22

1.9%

Hospitalization

13

1.2%

Oncology

2

0.2%

Infectious Diseases

1

0.1%

Occupational Medicine

1

0.1%

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Lipids in Health and Disease

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