Serum lipid, uric acid and glucose levels in urban black males doing manual or clerical work.
Serum lipid, uric acid and glucose levels were measured in four groups of Black male factory workers 1 hour after an oral glucose load. These groups comprised non-obese manual, obese manual, non-obese clerical and obese clerical workers. Obese men had significantly higher serum uric acid, total cholesterol and triglyceride levels and lower high=density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels than non-obese men. Serum glucose and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol values were also higher in obese than in non-obese men, but the differences were not significant. Clerical workers had higher levels than manual workers for most of the biochemical variables measured, but only in the case of uric acid was the difference significant. Possible reasons for the fact that the effect of occupation on the variables was slight are briefly discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood; D009790:Occupations; D012907:Smoking; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013019:South Africa; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014505:Urban Population; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood*
D001786:Blood Glucose; D008055:Lipids; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D014527:Uric Acid; D002784:Cholesterol