Serum intestinal alkaline phosphatase, ABO blood group, secretor status, and lipaemia

Abstract

In 70 apparently healthy volunteers serum intestinal alkaline phosphatase activity was unrelated to both the fasting serum triglyceride concentration and the degree of rise of serum triglyceride level after a standard fatty meal. In addition no association was found between ABO blood group, secretor status, and the serum triglyceride concentration after a fatty meal. These findings suggest that the presence of intestinal alkaline phosphatase activity in serum, which is known to be related to ABO blood group, secretor status, and, the eating of fatty meals, is unrelated to the amount of fat absorbed by the intestinal cells.