Article
Lipoprotein profile of a Greenland Inuit population. Influence of anthropometric variables, Apo E and A4 polymorphism, and lifestyle.
Arteriosclerosis and thrombosis : a journal of vascular biology - 1 Dec 1992
de Knijff P, Johansen L G, Rosseneu M, Frants R R, Jespersen J, Havekes L M
Abstract excerpt
Previously it has been reported that Greenland Inuit (Eskimos) from the Uummannaq district display low levels of plasma cholesterol and triglycerides and relatively high levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) when compared with healthy Danish control subjects (Lancet 1971;1:1143-1146). Here we present data obtained in 1989 that show the following. In a group of 133 healthy adult Greenland Inuit from Nanortalik,...
Topics
- Adult
- Alcohol Drinking
- Alleles
- Anthropometry
- Apolipoproteins A
- Apolipoproteins E
- Cholesterol Esters
- Fatty Acids
- Female
- Greenland
- Humans