[Lipid profile in children and adolescents with familial hypercholesterolemia].

Background: Previous reported serum lipid levels in children and adolescents with familial hypercholesterolemia are uncertain. Reasons are that the diagnosis may have been uncertain and that the reported lipid levels have been mainly from patients treated at tertiary referral centres.

Material And Methods: The serum lipid levels in 434 children and adolescents (2-18 years) who had undergone molecular genetic testing for familial hypercholesterolemia as part of cascade genetic screening, were measured.