Plasma lipid peroxide levels in an urbanized Micronesian population--Nauru.
Plasma lipid peroxide levels of 419 inhabitants of Nauru, where a high prevalence of obesity is occurring, were measured. The plasma lipid peroxide level was 4.03 +/- 1.94 nmol/ml in subjects 20-24 years and rose to a peak of 5.78 +/- 3.21 in subjects 35-44 years. The values obtained with Nauruans are significantly higher than those of healthy Japanese people and the peak found in the former was shifted to a younger age than in the Japanese.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008849:Micronesia; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population
D008054:Lipid Peroxides