Costs of diagnosis and treatment for each strategy
Grand costs | Cholesterol | DNA | DNA+CholM-ve DFH | DNA+CholM-ve DFH+PFH |
Total cost of diagnosis | £839 | £1240 | £1280 | £1519 |
Total cost of treatment | £43 737 | £49 677 | £51 390 | £53 280 |
Combined total cost | £44 576 | £50 918 | £52 670 | £54 799 |
CholM-ve, cascade testing using LDL-C in relatives of mutation-negative index cases; DFH, definite familial hypercholesterolaemia; PFH, possible familial hypercholesterolaemia.