動脈硬化
Online ISSN : 2185-8284
Print ISSN : 0386-2682
ISSN-L : 0386-2682
本邦都会住民における血清脂肪酸分画の現状について
長谷川 卓志大島 美恵子
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1998 年 25 巻 8 号 p. 283-287

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Serum fatty acids analyses were performed on subjects in their thirties and fifties living in urban Japan. It is known that the Japanese traditionally consume relatively large amounts of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids from fresh fish, and this may, in part, contribute to their low incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD).
This study was performed to examine the differences of the composition of serum fatty acids (omega-3 and omega-6 ratio) between young and senior people. We surveyed plasma fatty acids in 176 people in their thirties and fifties living in Tokyo. The level of serum cholesterol was 198mg/dl in the first group and 222mg/dl in the second group. The percentage of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the total serum fatty acids was 7.01±1.6% in the younger group and 9.67±1.8% in the elder group (p<0.01). The omega-3/omega-6 ratio was 0.19±0.05 and 0.29±0.09 (p<0.01), respectively.
These findings suggest a significant difference in eating habits between young and elderly generations in Japan. A trend in the lower of omega-3 fatty acids from fish meat in the younger generation could be an important factor in the possible increase in occurrence of coronary heart disease in Japan's future.
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