Ten-year follow-up after initiation of statin therapy in children with familial hypercholesterolemia

JAMA. 2014 Sep 10;312(10):1055-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.8892.

Authors

D Meeike Kusters¹, Hans J Avis¹, Eric de Groot², Frits A Wijburg³, John J P Kastelein¹, Albert Wiegman³, Barbara A Hutten⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Department of Imagelabonline and Imagelabcardiovascular, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

PMID: 25203086
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.8892

No abstract available

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
Child
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / blood
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / drug therapy*
Linear Models
Lipids / blood
Male
Pravastatin / therapeutic use*

Substances

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Lipids
Pravastatin