Clinical-epidemiological analysis of patients with elevated lipoprotein A in a third level hospital.

Objective: The objective of the study is to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of our patients with elevated Lp(a).

Materials And Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 316 patients with elevated Lp(a) (>125 nmol/L) in a random sample between January and August 2022. We measured epidemiological, anthropometric, clinical and laboratory variables (lipid metabolism parameters, carbohydrates and hormones).