[Comparison of diet, physical activity and serum lipids between Chinese and Japanese: Chengdu-Fukuoka Study].
A detailed diet history was taken from 326 Chinese adults, 116 college students in Chengdu, China, and 300 Japanese adults and 4529 college students in Fukuoka, Japan. Both populations consume high carbohydrate and low fat diet, but the Chinese diet was higher in carbohydrate, cereal energy/total energy ratio and polyunsaturated fatty acids/saturated fatty acids ratio, and lower in protein, fat and animal fat/total fat ratio compared to the Japanese diet. Cholesterol intake was significantly lower in Chinese than in Japanese (P < 0.001). Physical activity index in Chinese was higher than that in Japanese. Serum lipids and lipoprotein cholesterols were measured in the adults of Chinese and Japanese. Except the serum triglycerids level in female, the total cholesterol, TG, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels in Chinese adults were lower than those in Japanese adults (P < 0.001). Since cholesterol is the major predisposing factor for coronary heart disease and the results of our study show that a high carbohydrate and low fat diet can be effective in lowering the cholesterol level in blood it will be of interest to see which kind of oriental dietary may be a preventive against coronary heart disease.
Fu
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Department of Biochemistry, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chengdu.
Liu
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Suku
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Itoh
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Zhang
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Wu
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Kawasaki
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Arakawa
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D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002681:China; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood*; D004034:Diet Surveys; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol