SINGAPORE - A child here was just 2½ years old when he was started on cholesterol-lowering medication. At that time, the toddler had an extremely high level of LDL (low-density lipoprotein), the bad cholesterol - it was 15 millimoles per litre (mmol/L) compared with the normal level for a toddler of below 3.4 mmol/L. He is one of about 50,000.
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