title: Chylomicron triglyceride clearance: comparison of three assessment methods.
abstract: Three indirect methods for assessing chylomicron-triglyceride clearance were compared in 12 normolipidemic men. Oral and intravenous fat tolerance tests and a duodenal fat perfusion were performed in each subject by standard methods. Mean values for postprandial lipemia (2.27 +/- 1.8 mmol), Intralipid half-life (13.7 +/- 5.2 min), and chylomicron-triglyceride half-life (4.5 +/- 2.6 min) were similar to corresponding values reported previously for normolipidemic men. The sample correlation coefficient (r) was 0.84 between oral and intravenous fat-tolerance tests, 0.84 between the oral fat-tolerance test and the duodenal-perfusion method, and 0.82 between the intravenous fat-tolerance and the duodenal perfusion methods. All three methods showed a strong correlation between chylomicron-triglyceride clearance and fasting triglyceride concentrations. These findings indicate that the oral and intravenous fat-tolerance tests and the duodenal-perfusion method yield qualitatively similar assessments of chylomicron-triglyceride clearance in normolipidemic men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Cape Town Medical School, Observatory, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002914:Chylomicrons / Q000378:metabolism*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology; D004386:Duodenum; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010477:Perfusion; D012016:Reference Values; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D002914:Chylomicrons; D004041:Dietary Fats; D014280:Triglycerides