The xylose absorption test in normal Sudanese subjects.
The xylose absorption test was carried out in 50 healthy Sudanese men. The 5 g d-xylose oral loading dose was used. Nine subjects (18%) had a d-xylose absorption below the normal range. Thirty of the subjects were of low socioeconomic status and 20 of the subjects were of middle socioeconomic status; there was no difference in the xylose absorption between the two groups.
D000042:Absorption; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013397:Sudan; D014994:Xylose / Q000378:metabolism*
D014994:Xylose