Relationships among dietary constituents and specific serum clinical components of subjects eating self-selected diets

Abstract

Sex- and age-related differences in dietary and blood chemistry factors were investigated in subjects adhering to their usual lifestyles. Diet records were examined daily and blood chemistry profiles were monitored five times during the 1-yr study. As expected, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol was significantly higher in women than in men. Values of creatine phosphokinase, aspartic aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, glucose, triglycerides, urea nitrogen, uric acid, and total bilirubin were higher in men than in women. Glucose was lower while high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, albumin, and total protein were higher in the younger women than in older women. Alcohol consumption by men correlated positively with aspartic aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase but not with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Alcohol consumption by women did correlate positively with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol but not with the aminotransferase enzymes. Correlations between serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and vitamin C intake were positive and significant in women. In men, high levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol seems to be associated with very high vitamin C intakes, but no associations were apparent at normal levels of these parameters. Serum cholesterol did not correlate significantly with dietary cholesterol, saturated fat, linoleic acid, or P/S in men or women.

Performance, Haematology and Serum Chemistry of Weaner Rabbits Fed Urea-Treated and Fermented Brewer’s Dried Grains Groundnut Cake-Based Diets

“…Hackbath et al (1983) found that there is a strong influence of diet on haematological traits with PCV and Hb being very strong indicators of nutritional status of animals. The values obtained for all treatment groups in these indicators indicate nutritional adequacy of the diets since values did not indicate malnutrition or under-nutrition (Church et al, 1984). This means urea-treated BDG inclusion in the diets of weaner rabbits had no detrimental effect on blood nutrient composition and level.…”

Utilization of <i>Prosopis africana</i> pulp for rabbit feeding: 2. Effects on nutrient digestibility, blood components and carcass characteristics

“…All the values fall within the normal range of 31 to 50% and 8.0 to 15.97 g/l00rnl for PCV and Hb respectively reported in literature (Schalm et al, 1975;Anon, 1980). The normal and similar values obtained for all the treatment groups indicated nutritional adequacy of the various diets since abnormal values would have indicated mal-or under nutrition (Church et al, 1984). Hackbarth et al (1983) found that there is a strong influence of diet on haematological traits with PCV and Hb being very strong indicators of nutritional status of animals.…”

Total Blood Cholesterol, HDL-Cholesterol and Serum Zinc Levels in Cardiovascular Disease : Kalp-Damar Hastalıklarında Total Kan Kolesterol, HDLKolesterol ve Serum Çinko Düzeyleri

“…According to our results, the male's HDL-cholesterol level was lower than the mean female's HDL cholesterol level in control group. Some researchers observed that the man HDL-cholesterol value was related to sex that women have a substantially higher level than men and incidence of CVD was found to be inversely related to the level of cholesterol bound to HDL-cholesterol fraction (18,19).…”