Plasma lipids and apolipoproteins in a population of Orang Asli ('aborigines') from West Malaysia.
Plasma total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC) and apolipoproteins Al (apo Al) and B (apo B) were measured in a sample of subjects from the Semai tribe of Orang Asli in peninsular Malaysia. They appeared to exhibit the lowest TC ever recorded (1.6 for males and 1.9 mmol/l for females) and relatively high TG (1.4 mmol/l for males and 1.5 mmol/l for females)(means for the whole sample). There was little apparent aging gradient in any of the plasma analytes. but the group of men aged 21-40 had lower HDLC than the corresponding female group. Both low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLC) (calculated) and HDLC as well as their corresponding apolipoproteins were correspondingly very low. There was a significant correlation between apo AI and HDLC in both sexes.
Candlish
J K
JK
Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
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Mak
J W
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D000328:Adult; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D044469:Racial Groups; D012307:Risk Factors
D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008055:Lipids