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J Epidemiol Community Health 56:145-147 doi:10.1136/jech.56.2.145
  • Public health policy and practice

Getting insurance after genetic screening on familial hypercholesterolaemia; the need to educate both insurers and the public to increase adherence to national guidelines in the Netherlands

Table 1

Problems with insurance related to clinical risk: mutation and cholesterol level

Clinical risk Problems
Mutation Cholesterol level No Yes Total
No ≤6.5 mmol/l 11 0 11
>6.5 mmol/l 1 0 1
Yes ≤6.5 mmol/l 7 3 10
>6.5 mmol/l 10 14 24
Total 29 17 46

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