It is important to know that cholesterol increases with age, therefore, the values considered normal at 5 years will be markedly different from those considered normal 20 years later. Therefore, by controlling cholesterol levels should take into account age.
The recommended values of blood cholesterol for children and adolescents between 2 and 19 years are:
Total cholesterol <170 mg / dL
LDL cholesterol <110 mg / dL
What values are considered high? When total cholesterol levels were greater than or equal to 200 mg / dL and LDL cholesterol levels greater than or equal to 130 mg / dL.
It is important to control cholesterol in children especially if it has a positive family history, that is, if your parents suffer from hypercholesterolemia. This is critical because it can be genetically transmitted, but only occurs in 5% of cases.
It is a serious disease that should be detected early, therefore, take care of our children's diet and prevent such problems, your health depends on us.
