Serum alpha-tocopherol levels of Mexican Americans, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans aged 4-74 y.
Data from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to examine serum alpha-tocopherol levels (in subjects aged 4-74 y) and ratios of alpha-tocopherol to cholesterol plus triglyceride and to cholesterol (in subjects aged 20-74 y) of Mexican Americans (MA), Cubans, and Puerto Ricans (PR). Neither alpha-tocopherol nor the alpha-tocopherol-lipid ratios differed between sexes. PR had lower mean alpha-tocopherol and alpha-tocopherol-lipid ratios and higher prevalences of alpha-tocopherol less than 11.6 mumol/L than did MA or Cubans in several age groups. MA and Cuban adolescents had lower alpha-tocopherol levels than children had. Mean alpha-tocopherol levels and alpha-tocopherol-lipid ratios increased and prevalences of alpha-tocopherol less than 11.6 mumol/L decreased during adulthood in all three ethnic groups.
Division of Health Examination Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782.
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Looker
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Underwood
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Wiley
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Fulwood
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003462:Cuba / Q000208:ethnology; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014481:United States; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood*
D014280:Triglycerides; D014810:Vitamin E; D002784:Cholesterol