To determine the distribution and correlated factors of Lp (a) and remnant like particles (Lipo Z), serum Lp (a) and lipo Z were examined in healty male adults who underwent physical examinations. Our results can be summarized as follows. 1) The data of Lp (a) yields a power normal distribution with 0.5 power. Median, 25% tile and 75% tile of the distribution were 16.6 mg/dl, 6.3 mg/dl and 27 mg/dl respectively. 2) The data of Lipo Z yields normal distribution. Median, 25% tile and 75% tile of the distribution were 3.5 mg/dl, 2.2 mg/dl and 4. 8 mg/dl respectively. 3) The relationship between Lp (a) and age, obesity index (0I), mean blood pressure (MBP), uric acid (UA), fetal blood sugar (FBS), triglycerides (TG), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLC) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC) were not recognized. But, a week correlation was only observed to total cholesterol (TC) (r=0.19, p=0.07) . 4) The relationship between lipo Z and age, 0I, MBP, UA, FBS, TG and HDLC were not recognized. But, a correlation was observed to TC (r=0.18, p=0.05), TG (r=0.18, p=0.09) and LDLC (r=0.20, p=0.07) .

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There have been few chances for elderly people to take general health examination. Therefore normal values of lung function test for aged subjects were adopted by extrapolation of normal healthy adult values to the aged side. Recently percentage of elderly people who take general health examination is increasing in Japan. It is necassary to establish standard lung function values separately for aged subjects. On the other hand it should be judged if decline of lung function by aging for aged people is fitted to a simple linear regression. We gathered cases over the age of 60 who satisfied our definition as normal sujests and calculated linear regression lines of forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume per second (FEV_{1, 0}), FEV_{1, 0} % and peak flow (PF) rate among various lung function values. And we checked if anual chages of these parameters were fitted to single linear regression especially for cases over the age of 70. We detected a tendency anual chages of FVC, FEV_1.0, FEV_1.0 % and peak flow became not clear in proportion as the cases got older.

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