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Table 1 Demographic characteristics

From: Selective screening for familial hypercholesterolemia in Austrian children - first year results

 

Pre-school Children

(N = 133)

Index patients Positive

(N = 9)

Siblings

All

(N = 85)

Siblings

Positive

(N = 4)

Median (Range)

Median (Range)

Median (Range)

Median (Range)

Male

73 (55%)

6 (67%)

31 (37%)

1 (25%)

Age (years)

6 (5–7)

6 (5–6)

8 (0.5–28)

2 (0.5–12)

Body height (cm)

118 (100–140)

119 (110–127)

134 (68–190)

88.5 (68–160)

Body weight (kg)

22 (14–49)

22 (20–27)

31 (7–88)

11 (7–42)

BMI (kg/m2)

15.8 (10.7–30.7)

16.0 (15.3–16.7)

16.5 (8.9–34.7)

14.5 (13.5–16.4)

  1. Data are presented as median and range, or as number of subjects (%)
  2. BMI Body Mass Index