The practice of lipid screening in children still hasn't taken off despite guideline recommendations to do so as early as age 9 years, according to a large cross-sectional study. U.S. records show ...

Serial correlations between lipid levels measured in individual children over time vary on the basis of the type of lipid level followed. On the basis of the evidence from 23 prospective cohort ...

Most statin drugs are FDA-approved for children and teens under age 18, but only if they have a genetic condition that cause extremely high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol. Yet in 2009 ...

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Among children aged 2 to 12 years, less than 35% of well-child visits adhere to universal screening guidelines for blood pressure and lipids.