Cholesterol testing among children and adolescents during health visits

JAMA. 2014 May 7;311(17):1804-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.2410.

Authors

Samuel R Vinci¹, Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman², Jennifer K Cheng¹, Rebekah C Mannix³, Matthew W Gillman², Sarah D de Ferranti⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 24794376
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.2410

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Guideline Adherence*
Health Care Surveys
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia / diagnosis*
Lipids / blood
Male
Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
United States
Young Adult

Substances

Lipids