Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

	Respondents n = 158
Completed pediatrician training—no. (%)	158 (100)
Female sex—n (%)	113 (71.5)
Experience as pediatrician in years—median (IQR)	15.0 (6.0–22.0)
Children load per month—median (IQR)	90.0 (51.3–125.0)
Children with FH in practice—yes (%)	90 (57)
Practice setting—n (%)
Academic hospital   General hospital	34 (21.5) 124 (78.5)
Hospital location—n (%)
Drenthe   Flevoland   Friesland   Gelderland   Groningen   Limburg   Noord-Brabant   Noord-Holland   Overijssel   Utrecht   Zeeland   Zuid-Holland	5 (3.2) 5 (3.2) 5 (3.2) 16 (10.1) 11 (7.0) 10 (6.3) 26 (16.5) 36 (22.8) 3 (1.9) 14 (8.9) 3 (1.9) 24 (15.2)

FH familial hypercholesterolemia, n number, IQR interquartile range