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Figure 1. Study flowchart of the process of reverse cascade screening combined with universal cholesterol screening for paediatric FH. This flowchart shows the process used to identify FH cases through the “Kagawa health checkups for preventing lifestyle-related diseases in children” in Kagawa Prefecture. FH: Familial hypercholesterolaemia; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; JAS, Japan atherosclerosis society.