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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
The objectives of this study were (1) to determine the incidence of dominantly inherited hyperlipoproteinemia in children referred to our medical center because of hyperlipidemia associated with a family history of premature coronary artery disease and (2) to assess the degree of expression in childhood of the most common inherited hyperlipoproteinemia, familial combined hyperlipidemia. Among 129 families referred to us by area pediatricians, we identified a dominantly inherited hyperlipoproteinemia in 97 of them. Twenty had familial hypercholesterolemia, 65 familial combined hyperlipidemia, 11 hyperapobetalipoproteinemia, and one familial hypertriglyceridemia. As expected, almost half (9/20) of the siblings of probands with familial hypercholesterolemia were affected. Although we expected incomplete gene penetrance in the siblings of the probands with familial combined hyperlipidemia, we found 43 affected and 40 unaffected among the 83 siblings of the 65 probands. Our findings suggest that hyperlipidemia in children, caused by familial combined hyperlipidemia, occurs more than three times as frequently as familial hypercholesterolemia and that in families identified by a child proband, the penetrance is complete. Pediatricians should identify this primary hyperlipidemia in childhood and attempt to prevent the associated risk of premature coronary artery disease by prescribing appropriate diet and life-style modifications.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-3476
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
514-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevalence and expression of familial combined hyperlipidemia in childhood.
pubmed:affiliation
Lipid-Heart Research Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't