Child-parent screening for familial hypercholesterolemia.

Wald, David S; Kasturiratne, Anuradhani; Godoy, Angela; Ma, Louise; Bestwick, Jonathan P; Brewer, Nick; Wald, Nicholas J · J Pediatr · 2011

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

A pilot study of child-parent screening for familial hypercholesterolemia was undertaken in children aged 1 to 2 years coming for immunization. Of 214 parents asked, 200 agreed to screening (94%). Simultaneous immunization-cholesterol measurement was successful in all children. Population child-parent screening is feasible and acceptable when combined with pediatric immunization.

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