Cholesterol (and cardiovascular risk) in adolescence
Current Opinion in PediatricsPublished 1 August 2004
Michael Kohn, Mark Z. Jacobson
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It is imperative that adolescents be screened for traditional risk factors and that they be treated with therapeutic lifestyle change and with the weight of new evidence on the safety and efficacy of statins in this age group, clinicians can feel more confident in their use when indicated.
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These new findings make it imperative that adolescents be screened for traditional risk factors and that they be treated with therapeutic lifestyle change. With the weight of new evidence on the safety and efficacy of statins in this age group, clinicians can feel more confident in their use when indicated. Research into emerging risk factors like obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes. and homocysteine will be important in the future management.
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