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Children and statins
Author(s) -
Tonstad S
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2003.tb02565.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , normative , quality of life (healthcare) , disease , hydroxymethylglutaryl coa reductase inhibitors , pediatrics , statin , physical therapy , psychiatry , philosophy , nursing , epistemology
Use of statins is increasing among children with familial hypercholesterolaemia who previously have had to take unpalatable resins. In a selected group with no controls, children taking statins had similar scores for quality of life and anxiety as normative scores. The question that remains is how to improve dietary and disease information. Conclusion : Children with familial hypercholesterolaemia who are taking statins have no reduction in quality of life or increase in anxiety.