Relation of Serum Vitamin E and Lipoperoxide Levels with Serum Lipid Status in Korean Men.
- Author:
Sung Hee CHO
1
;
Young Sun CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Cathoic University of Taegu-Hyosung, Kyungbuk, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
viatmin E;
lipoperoxide;
TBARS
- MeSH:
Alcohol Drinking;
alpha-Tocopherol;
Cholesterol;
Daegu;
Humans;
Male;
Smoke;
Smoking;
Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances;
Tobacco Products;
Triglycerides;
Vitamin E*;
Vitamins*
- From:Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
1997;2(1):44-51
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Secrum lipid and vitamin E levels were determined and smoking, alcohol drinking and exercise habits were asked in 357 healthy male subjects aged 49.4+/-6.7 years in Taegu. Average serum levels of total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and triglyceride(TG) were 189+/-43 mg/dl, 42+/-13 mg/dl and 136+/-73 mg/dl, respectively. Serum level of lipid peroxide measured as thiobarbituric acid reactive substances(TBARS) of the subjects was 2.01+/-0.73MDA nmoles/ml and that of alpha-tocopherol was 9.53+/-3.14ug/ml. The correlation coefficients between alpha-tocopherol and serum lipids were 0.3631 for triglyceride, 0.2993 for cholesterol, and 0.3025 for total lipid. Heavy smokers who smoked more than 20 cigarettes a day had higher levels of TG and TBARS than those who smoke less. Alcohol drinkers had higher levels of TG and TBARS than nondrinkers. Vitamin E level(per ml serum)was significantly higher in the heavy smokers and drinkers, which was reflected by the higher level of serum lipid. When the level of alpha-tocopherol was expressed as alpha-tocopherol/triglyceride, it was negatively correlated with serum TBARS level and was lower in the heavy smokers than in the moderate smokers. It is concluded that vitamin E level as alpha-tocopherol/triglyceride would be better compared to alpha-tocopherol/total cholesterol or alpha-tocopherol/total lipid for the evaluation of vitamin E status in Korean men.
