An Assessment of the New Lipid Screening Guidelines
| Autor: | Edmund A Liles, Wallace D. Brown, Michael J. Steiner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | Pediatrics. 122:904-905 |
| ISSN: | 1098-4275 0031-4005 |
| DOI: | 10.1542/peds.2008-2103 |
| Popis: | To the Editor .— The recently published “Lipid Screening and Cardiovascular Health in Childhood” clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Nutrition provides a comprehensive review of cholesterol values, atherosclerosis development, and hyperlipidemia treatment options.1 However, we do not feel that the lipid screening recommendations are justified on the basis of the narrative review. The article by Moyer et al,2 in the same issue of Pediatrics , and other similar articles have demonstrated a general analytic framework for screening tests through which we can analyze the new recommendations.3–5 Is there evidence that lipid screening of children at increased risk satisfies this framework? 1. Is there a causal relationship between childhood hyperlipidemia and adult cardiovascular events (not merely atherosclerosis)? The authors of the guidelines stated that “data … |
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