Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Trajectories and Prevalence of High Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Consistent With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia in US Children

JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Oct 1;175(10):1071-1074. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2046.

Abstract

This cohort study aims to characterize age-related longitudinal low-density lipoprotein trajectories among US children.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cholesterol, LDL / blood*
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Humans
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / epidemiology*
  • Male
  • Prevalence*
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Cholesterol, LDL