{"id":867,"date":"2015-11-27T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.athero.org.au\/fh\/children-adolescents-and-fh\/"},"modified":"2016-03-29T11:42:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T00:42:03","slug":"children-adolescents-and-fh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.athero.org.au\/fh\/health-professionals\/children-adolescents-and-fh\/","title":{"rendered":"Children, adolescents and FH"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Approximately 8,000 children and adolescents affected in Australia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Secondary causes of dyslipideamias\" href=\"https:\/\/www.athero.org.au\/fh\/health-professionals\/secondary-causes-of-hypercholesterolaemia\/#secondarycauses\">Secondary causes of hypercholesterolaemia<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0need to be excluded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Children suspected of having FH who have documented elevated LDL cholesterol measurements &gt;3.5mmol\/L on 2 occasions within 4 months need to be referred for specialist assessment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Children with proven FH must receive advice on lifestyle modification (fat-modified heart healthy diet,\u00a0regular exercise, remain a non-smoker) and statin therapy should be considered at age 8-10 years and preferably before the age of 18 years if LDL cholesterol is &gt;3.5mmol\/L.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>LDL cholesterol targets need not be as intensive as for adults \u2013 aim for LDL cholesterol &lt;3.5 mmol\/L.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Adolescent girls require pre-pregnancy counselling and appropriate contraception advice before starting statin therapy. See<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"Women with FH\" href=\"https:\/\/www.athero.org.au\/fh\/health-professionals\/women-and-fh\/\">Women and FH<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 8,000 children and adolescents affected in Australia. Secondary causes of hypercholesterolaemia\u00a0\u00a0need to be excluded. Children suspected of having FH who have documented elevated LDL cholesterol measurements &gt;3.5mmol\/L on 2 occasions within 4 months need to be referred for specialist assessment. Children with proven FH must receive advice on lifestyle modification (fat-modified heart healthy diet,\u00a0regular &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.athero.org.au\/fh\/health-professionals\/children-adolescents-and-fh\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Children, adolescents and FH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":858,"menu_order":400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Children, adolescents and FH - FH Australasia Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.athero.org.au\/fh\/health-professionals\/children-adolescents-and-fh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Children, adolescents and FH - FH Australasia Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Approximately 8,000 children and adolescents affected in Australia. 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