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M G McCall

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PubMed1971

Lipoprotein electrophoretic patterns, serum lipids, and coronary heart disease.

Lipoprotein electrophoresis was performed on serum from subjects with and without coronary heart disease, and the patterns compared with the serum concentrations of triglyceride and cholesterol. The beta- and pre-beta-lipoproteins, expressed as a percentage of the total lipoprotein, correlate strongly with the cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations, respectively. The beta- and pre-beta-lipoprotein concentrations are even more strongly correlated with these lipid measurements. The lipoprotein pattern does not have greater discriminant value for coronary heart disease than does the triglyceride or cholesterol concentration. There would seem to be little justification for the use of lipoprotein electrophoresis in screening the general population for coronary heart disease.

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PubMed1971

Cancer mortality in 1962-66 among Polish migrants to Australia.

The 1962-66 cancer mortality of Polish migrants to Australia is compared with the cancer mortality prevailing in Poland and in Australia. Small numbers compel to limit the analysis to the most frequent cancer sites only.The main findings are:(a) Stomach cancer mortality of Polish migrants to Australia is intermediate between the high mortality in Poland and the much lower one in Australia.(b) Intestinal tract and breast cancer mortality of Polish migrants is displaced upwards, from the low Polish level to the much higher Australian one.(c) Lung cancer mortality of Polish male migrants does not differ distinctly from the mortality observed both in the country of origin and of adoption of these migrants.The presented findings are compared with the results of a similar study of Polish migrants to the U.S. Aims for future studies are briefly outlined.

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Normality.

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Water sodium and blood pressure in rural school children.

Blood pressures were measured in 326 boys and 309 girls, 12 to 14 yr of age, who attended schools in six rural towns with water sodium levels ranging from 1.46 to 9.69 mmol/L. Although there were significant differences between mean blood pressure levels in children living in the six towns, they did not appear to result from differences in water sodium levels. Children who lived on farms and who drank low-sodium rain water did not have lower blood pressures than children who lived in the towns. The estimated intake of sodium from drinking water in the towns varied between 1.5 and 11.6 mmol/day and represented between 1.2% and 10.4% of the estimated daily sodium intake. No effect of water sodium level on urinary sodium excretion was found. Blood pressure levels showed significant positive relationships with pulse rate, body height and weight, Quetelet's index, mid-upperarm circumference, and triceps skinfold thickness. Diastolic blood pressures in girls were inversely related to the measure of physical activity. Control of these variables, where relevant, by covariance analysis did not uncover any relationship between water sodium level and blood pressure.

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