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dc.title | Vitamin A reserve of liver in health and coronary heart disease among ethnic groups in Singapore | |
dc.contributor.author | Saha, N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ng, T.B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tan, P.Y. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wee, K.P. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-12-20T08:42:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-12-20T08:42:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Saha, N., Ng, T.B., Tan, P.Y., Wee, K.P. (1988). Vitamin A reserve of liver in health and coronary heart disease among ethnic groups in Singapore. British Journal of Nutrition 60 (3) : 407-412. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 00071145 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/134008 | |
dc.description.abstract | 1. The vitamin A content of human liver tissue was determined in 363 autopsy samples. The sample comprised a total of 181 subjects dying after accidents and 182 dying from coronary heart disease among Singapore ethnic groups of both sexes. 2. The medium vitamin A reserve was 146 mg/kg in accident victims and 141 mg/kg in those who had died of coronary heart disease. Of all the samples 16% contained less than 40 mg/kg, 45% had 100-300 mg/kg, while 9% contained more than 500 mg/kg liver. 3. Among the accident victims, Indians had the lowest median liver vitamin A reserve (118 mg/kg) compared with that in other ethnic groups (137 mg/kg in Chinese, 191 mg/kg in Malays, 155 mg/kg in Caucasians). 4. The ethnic distribution of vitamin A reserve in coronary deaths was similar to that in accident victims. 5. There was no significant difference between the sexes in hepatic vitamin A reserve. 6. The distribution of vitamin A reserve in all the groups was skewed to the right. | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | PHYSIOLOGY | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | British Journal of Nutrition | |
dc.description.volume | 60 | |
dc.description.issue | 3 | |
dc.description.page | 407-412 | |
dc.description.coden | BJNUA | |
dc.identifier.isiut | NOT_IN_WOS | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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