Chapter  47:  Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Rockville, MD 20850

www.ahrq.gov

Contract Number 290-02-0024, Task Order Number 1

Prepared by:

Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center

Oregon Health and Science University

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road

Portland, Oregon 97239

www.ohsu.edu/epc/usptf/index.htm

Investigators:

Elizabeth M. Haney, MD

Laurie Hoyt Huffman, MS

Christina Bougatsos, BS

Michele Freeman, MPH

Rongwei Fu, PhD

Robert D. Steiner, MD

Mark Helfand, MD, MPH

Heidi D. Nelson, MD, MPH

AHRQ Publication No. 07-0598-EF-1

July 2007