Nutritional status of some Papua New Guinea highlanders as assessed by physical measurements and blood analysis

Chigusa Date Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Masako Baba Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Toyoko Okuda Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Naemi M. Kajiwara Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Takahisa Minamide Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshiaki Fujita Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Mineko Ichikawa Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Shuichi Miyatani Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Masayuki Hayashi Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Heizo Tanaka Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Peter Heywood Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Michael Alpers Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Hideo Koishi Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research Goroka, Papua New Guinea

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Nutritional assessment (measurements of height, body weight, skinfold thickness, blood pressure and blood analysis) was performed on 740 residents over 5 years of age in a mountainous village in Papua New Guinea. The subjects live on sweet potato as their staple food and have little salt in their diet. In spite of their low protein intake, they did not suffer from malnutrition. Their total serum protein was high, but the serum albumin level was low. The serum total cholesterol was very low, ranging from 98 to 126 mg/100ml and remained unchanged regardless of age and sex. The same tendency was found with serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol, which ranged from 26 to 33 mg/100ml. Blood pressure did not vary with sex or age.

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