En nenos as estatinas son efectivas na redución dos niveis de colesterol en persoas con [[hipercolesterolemia familiar]].<ref name=Vu2010>{{cite journal|last1=Vuorio|first1=A|last2=Kuoppala|first2=J|last3=Kovanen|first3=PT|last4=Humphries|first4=SE|last5=Strandberg|first5=T|last6=Tonstad|first6=S|last7=Gylling|first7=H|title=Statins for children with familial hypercholesterolemia.|journal=The Cochrane database of systematic reviews|date=Jul 7, 2010|issue=7|pages=CD006401|pmid=20614444|doi=10.1002/14651858.CD006401.pub2}}</ref> TheirPorén, longa termsúa safetyseguridade is,a however,longo prazo non está unclearclara.<ref name=Vu2010/><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lamaida|first1=N|last2=Capuano|first2=E|last3=Pinto|first3=L|last4=Capuano|first4=E|last5=Capuano|first5=R|last6=Capuano|first6=V|title=The safety of statins in children.|journal=Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)|date=Sep 2013|volume=102|issue=9|pages=857–62|pmid=23631461|doi=10.1111/apa.12280}}</ref> Algúns recomendan que se o cambio no estilo de vida non é dabondo para producir cambios nos niveis de colesterol, a administración de estatina debería empezar aos 8 anos de idade.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Braamskamp|first1=MJ|last2=Wijburg|first2=FA|last3=Wiegman|first3=A|title=Drug therapy of hypercholesterolaemia in children and adolescents.|journal=Drugs|date=Apr 16, 2012|volume=72|issue=6|pages=759–72|pmid=22512364|doi=10.2165/11632810-000000000-00000}}</ref>
