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Variation in Child Serum Cholesterol and Prevalence of Familiar Hypercholesterolemia: The Health Oriented Pedagogical Project (HOPP).


ABSTRACT: Early stages of atherosclerosis may develop in childhood due to hyperlipidemia. The aims are to investigate the prevalence of familiar hypercholesterolemia in 6 to 12-year-old children and to study the deviation in cholesterol measures. Anthropometric data and venous blood were collected from children participating in the Health Oriented Pedagogical Project (HOPP). Out of 18 children with TC > 6.0 mmol/L, 15 were tested genetically and none diagnosed with FH. The prevalence of TC > 6.0 mmol/L declined from 1.3% in 2015 to 0.5% in 2016. The mean TC was 4.30 mmol/L both years, which is lower than in earlier studies. Usage of a single TC measurement and a threshold of TC > 6.0 mmol/L in screening children for FH, may not be a good screening strategy. While lipid values have a good reliability across 2 measurements, there are variations in individual TC levels across 1 year.

SUBMITTER: Fabiani E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8961391 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Variation in Child Serum Cholesterol and Prevalence of Familiar Hypercholesterolemia: The Health Oriented Pedagogical Project (HOPP).

Fabiani Ester E   Strand Martin Frank MF   Lindberg Morten M   Goswami Nandu N   Fredriksen Per Morten PM  

Global pediatric health 20220323


Early stages of atherosclerosis may develop in childhood due to hyperlipidemia. The aims are to investigate the prevalence of familiar hypercholesterolemia in 6 to 12-year-old children and to study the deviation in cholesterol measures. Anthropometric data and venous blood were collected from children participating in the Health Oriented Pedagogical Project (HOPP). Out of 18 children with TC > 6.0 mmol/L, 15 were tested genetically and none diagnosed with FH. The prevalence of TC > 6.0 mmol/L de  ...[more]

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