Familial hypercholesterolemia is a genetic disorder characterized by high cholesterol level. Which statement is true regarding the condition?
1. Children are at the risk for early acute myocardial infarction.
2. Untreated men develop symptoms by the fifth decade of life.
3. Untreated women develop symptoms by the fourth decade of life.
4. Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is less severe than the heterozygous form.
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