title: [Plasma retinol, carotenoids and tocopherols: biological variations between 18 and 45 years of age].
abstract: Variation factors of plasma retinol, carotenoids and vitamin E, and particularly sex and alcohol consumption, were studied on a sample of 271 males and females aged between 18 and 45 years. For analysis needs two subsamples were constituted: I (males and females with alcohol consumption less than or equal to 43 g/day) and II (males only). Sex and level of alcohol intake were two independent variation factors of plasma retinol and carotenoids. Associated with triglyceride and cholesterol for I and with triglyceride and ponderal index for II, they explained 40% of the total variance of plasma retinol. For carotenoids, the other associated independent variables were cholesterol, vitamin A and energy intake (r2 = 23% of explained variance). And for plasma vitamin E, neither sex nor alcohol consumption was a significant predictor of the model, the only variation factors being plasma lipids and age for I (r2 = 37%) and the same parameters associated with ponderal index for II (r2 = 55%).
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 115, Faculté de Médecine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herbeth
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Didelot-Barthelemy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Le Devehat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lemoine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000097:blood*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D014801:Vitamin A; D014810:Vitamin E; D002338:Carotenoids
vernacular_title: Rétinol, caroténoïdes et tocophérols plasmatiques: facteurs de variation biologique entre 18 et 45 ans.