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Serum cholesterol, triglycerides and heart disease of nomadic and sedentary tribesmen consuming isoenergetic diets of high and low fat content*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2007

M. J. Murray ,
Anne B. Murray ,
N. J. Murray  and
Megan B. Murray
M. J. Murray
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Anne B. Murray
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
N. J. Murray
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Megan B. Murray
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Abstract

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1. The effects were examined of two approximately isoenergetic diets differing widely in saturated fat content on the levels of serum cholesterol and triglycerides of nomads and non-nomads in eastern Niger. Each person was also examined for clinical and electrocardiographic evidence of heart disease.

2. No significant differences could be found between serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels of 297 Anagamba nomad men consuming 73 % energy as fat and 303 Kanouri sedentary men consuming 9 % energy as fat.

3. Rheumatic heart disease was common in nomads and four possible cases of ischaemic heart disease were found in sedentary men only.

Type
Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , January 1978 , pp. 159 - 163
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1978

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