Urgent need for improved detection of pediatric familial hypercholesterolemia worldwide
1. 92.4% of children in high-income countries had heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia compared to 48.0% in non-high-income countries. 2. The majority ...
Tag: familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)
Assessment of lipid biomarker distribution in dried blood spots for newborn screening
1. In a retrospective cohort study, the distribution of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and apolipoprotein B (ApoB) levels obtained ...
Genomic screening for hereditary conditions is cost-effective in young adults
1. In this decision analysis model, population screening for three common hereditary conditions was cost-effective in adults younger than 40. ...