PEDIATRICS Vol. 85 No. 6 June 1990, pp. 1126
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Cholesterol Screening?

RICHARD E. GARCIA MD1

1 Primary Care Department, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195-5223

In Reply.—

Dr Dennison points out the complexity of the issue of pediatric cholesterol screening. The total cholesterol value of 200 mg/dL is the 95th percentile for children according to the lipid research clinic's population data book. The adult screening strategy was not extrapolated to the pediatric population; we simply felt that children whose total cholesterol exceeded 200 mg/dL should have a lipid profile to verify the finding and possibly to help define the lipid abnormality.