ソロバ村地域住民医学調査 : 血液生化学

Abstract

We had a chance to examine the people Iive in Irian Jaya in lndonesia. We visitted Soroba village and examined the blood chemistry of Dani tribe. They eat only sweet potatoes .every meal and very rarely pork. 215 people visitted our camp and we could examine 176 people (88 males and 88 females，mean age 37-year old). We checked total protein(TP), albumine(Alb), total cholesterol(Tcho), total biIirubin(TB), serum transaminase(GOT, GPT), lactate dehydrogenase(LDH), blood urea nitrogen(BUN), Creatinine(Cre), glucose(Glu). Compare with ]apanese, TP was rather higher but Alb and Tcho were lower. Only in women GPT was higher. Other results were similar as Japanese. Comparing between male and female，A lb and Cre were higher in male. There were no difference in other results. Between age and laboratory data, there were only mild correlation with Alb, BUN and Glu.