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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Inherit Metab Dis. 2008 Aug 19;31(6):10.1007/s10545-008-0919-5. doi: 10.1007/s10545-008-0919-5

Table 1.

Prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia by age

Age in years Number of patients Chol/TG Prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia (SE) Prevalence of hypertriglyceridaemia (SE)
0–3.0 19/19 58% (10%) 89% (6%)
3.0–6.0 15/14 33% (12%) 86% (8%)
6.0–12.0 18/17 51% (11%) 87% (7%)
12.0–18.0 15/16 22% (9%) 63% (12%)
>18.0 16/16 22% (9%) 44% (11%)

This table demonstrates the prevalence of both hypercholesterolaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia within pre-determined age brackets. The prevalence across all age groups for hypercholesterolaemia was 31% and for hypertriglyceridaemia was 67%