title: The relationship between individual dietary constituents and antipyrine metabolism in Indo-Pakistani immigrants to Britain.
abstract: 1 Antipyrine clearance has been measured from serial saliva samples in 36 healthy adult Indo-Pakistani immigrants to Britain, to assess the effect of dietary differences within this population. 2 Clearance (mean +/- s.e. mean) was significantly slower in 16 lactovegetarians (0.54 +/- 0.06 ml min -1 kg -1) than in the subjects who ate meat regularly (0.91 +/-0.07 ml min -1 kg -1). 3 The absence of meat from the diet was associated with a significantly smaller daily intake of dietary protein, which was abnormally low by Western standards. 4 It is likely that the contrast in daily protein intake between the dietary subgroups was largely responsible for the differences observed in antipyrine clearance.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000983:Antipyrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004032:Diet; D014676:Diet, Vegetarian; D005260:Female; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D012067:Religion; D012907:Smoking; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D000983:Antipyrine