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One in 140 people at high risk of suffering heart attack before the age of 50

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.

One in 140 people in Singapore at risk of premature heart attack due to gene mutation

Those with the inherited gene mutation could have very high bad cholesterol levels from birth. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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