Table 1.

Characteristics of 20 children with familial hypercholesterolaemia (HeFH) and 12 paediatric cardiac transplant recipients

	Sex	Age (years)	Weight (kg)	Height (cm)	Pravastatin dose (mg kg−1)
Patients with HeFH
1	Female	13.0	42.0	153.8	0.24
2	Female	7.9	29.4	125.9	0.34
3	Female	6.9	26.1	125.1	0.38
4	Female	9.7	28.4	139.7	0.35
5	Female	9.8	33.0	141.0	0.30
6	Female	13.4	45.3	160.5	0.22
7	Female	11.9	43.5	152.5	0.23
8	Female	6.0	19.2	114.1	0.52
9	Female	14.0	63.0	161.9	0.16
10	Female	15.6	57.8	168.4	0.17
11	Female	11.7	45.0	157.8	0.22
12	female	12.0	44.5	161.4	0.22
13	Female	12.0	50.3	152.7	0.20
14	Female	10.3	27.5	134.5	0.36
15	Male	6.3	20.5	119.2	0.49
16	Male	7.7	23.1	120.8	0.43
17	Male	10.3	48.8	151.8	0.20
18	Male	4.9	16.4	108.9	0.61
19	Male	10.7	56.6	145.2	0.18
20	Male	10.7	42.5	142.3	0.24
Mean ± SD		10.3 ± 2.9	38.1 ± 13.8	141.9 ± 17.7	0.30 ± 0.13
Transplant recipients
21	Female	8.0	20.0	127.0	0.50
22	Female	18.7	46.3	160.0	0.22
23	Female	8.0	24.1	127.5	0.41
24	Male	11.6	42.5	146.0	0.24
25	Female	6.1	23.0	115.0	0.43
26	Male	13.8	40.3	143.0	0.25
27	Female	16.1	55.6	150.0	0.18
28	Female	4.4	15.5	103.0	0.65
29	Female	11.4	61.0	154.0	0.16
30	Female	16.9	71.0	163.0	0.14
31	Female	13.9	42.5	154.0	0.24
32	Fale	8.8	25.0	130.5	0.40
Mean ± SD		11.5 ± 4.5	38.9 ± 17.7	139.0 ± 18.8	0.32 ± 0.16