Four categories of children should also check blood lipid

U.S. National Cholesterol Education Program lipid screening criteria is recommended for children under four categories of lipid screening.
First, parents or grandparents before the age of 55 had coronary artery bypass surgery or balloon angioplasty; Second, parents have a myocardial infarction, angina, peripheral vascular or cerebrovascular disease history, or sudden death before the age of 55; Third, parents of high total cholesterol (> 240 mg / dL), or other parents dyslipidemia, including low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein B, high triglycerides or low high-density lipoprotein; four is not know that a family history of parents or grandparents, or parents for more than two risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as obesity (body mass index> 30), hypertension, diabetes, smoking and so on.
Experts pointed out that the 10-year-old is a good time to check blood lipids, blood lipid children at this time period of adult lipid levels have predictive value. Because of cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol during puberty will drop 10-20%, the detection of familial dyslipidemia before puberty (2 ~ 10 years old) are more desirable.
If the 10-year-old post-test result is abnormal, then the post-adolescent will be higher lipid levels. If the outcome is normal, it should be 16-year-old girls, 18-year-old boy when the first review.