Statins improve lipid profiles of kids, teens with familial hypercholesterolemia
Statins are quite beneficial to children and adolescents with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), producing reductions in total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) triglycerides, apolipoprotein B (apo-B) levels, while increasing the concentration of good cholesterol, according to the results of a meta-analysis.
