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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 27, 905-907, Copyright © 1974 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Erythrocyte transketolase levels in a high school student population by sex and ethnic group

L. G. Warnock 1, G. E. Nichoalds 1, and V. J. Burkhalter 1

1 From the Research Laboratory, Veterans Administration Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, and the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232

Erythrocyte transketolase activity was measured on blood samples obtained from 417 Tennessee high school students as a means of evaluating their thiamin nutriture. When based on volume of whole blood, the normal values differed with respect to sex and ethnic group; when based on erythrocyte count, only a difference between ethnic groups was evident. The normal values for pentose disappearance ber billion erythrocytes by the analytical procedure is 2.39 ± 0.327 µmoles/hr for whites and 2.10 ± 0.372 µmoles/hr for blacks.






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