title: A comparison of physical and laboratory measures between two Hutterite leute and the rural Saskatchewan population.
abstract: This study compares physical, laboratory and anthropometric measurements from each of two groups (leute) of Hutterites (N = 846) with a population of non-Hutterites from rural Saskatchewan (N = 750). Marked interleute differences were observed in the comparative analysis with the non-Hutterite population. Dariusleut males had significantly greater mean diastolic and systolic blood pressures, total cholesterols, LDL cholesterols and Body Mass Indexes (BMI) than non-Hutterites. Compared with non-Hutterite women, the Dariusleut females had significantly greater mean diastolic and systolic blood pressure, HDL cholesterols, BMIs and waist-hip ratios. In contrast, the only significant difference between non-Hutterites and Lehrerleut males was in BMI. Lehrerleut females had significantly greater mean systolic blood pressures, HDL cholesterol levels and BMIs. While the surprising inter-leute differences may be due to subtle variations in lifestyle, the genetic isolation of the groups suggests heredity may offer a more likely explanation for the differences.
authors: School of Nursing, University of Victoria, BC.
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Brunt
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Reeder
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Stephenson
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Love
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002835:Christianity; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005788:Gene Pool; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D012525:Saskatchewan / Q000453:epidemiology