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Cholesterol levels in children: to screen or not to screen
A C Purcell1, E O'Brien, P L Parks
1University of Maryland School of Nursing, College Park, USA.
Journal of Pediatric Nursing
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
Universal screening and targeted screening are the two approaches used in pediatric practice to identify children with elevated cholesterol levels. This study reports total cholesterol levels in 415 2-year-old children and the relationship of these results to risk factors. Based on these data, universal screening for total cholesterol (TC) does not appear to be necessary. Targeted screening for TC may be the more practical method for identifying children with dangerously high TC elevations.