1970 年 28 巻 6 号 p. 250-253
With the high economic growth of Japan, the life level of the nation has been gradually stabilized. On the other hand, the dietary life made a speedy progress after the war and is further continuing the progress, however, it is said that the rate of malnutrition due to dietary life has not changed even at present. This fact suggests that a correct nutritional diet is not taken. As a point the anemia may be considered.
Especially the female anemia has a high percentage in whole Japan and in this prefecture also 60% of person are said anemia. As the start of the study of its origin, the relation of the amount of animal protein taken to hemoglobin and hematocrit is investigated. The subject of investigation is part time agrarian families in the west part of this prefecture, e. d. Tokorozawa City, Asaka City, and Higashi-matsuyama City. Communities in this district are lack of circulation as for the local dietary circumstance.
Among female person, 21% are normal and anemic or light anemic person show a high percentage of 79%.
The variety of food is somewhat rich in the normal person and the correlation coefficient between the number of food materials and hematocrit is 0.37, which is rather significant value
The correlation between the classification of animal proteins and hematocrit and/or hemoglobin is not found significant, however, it is observed that the fish protein is not especially superior among animal proteins.