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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 50, 151-154, Copyright © 1989 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Diet and fecal steroid profile in a South Asian population with a low colon-cancer rate

PM McKeigue, AM Adelstein, MG Marmot, PJ Henly, RW Owen, MJ Hill and MH Thompson
Department of Community Medicine, University College London, UK.

South Asian immigrants to England and Wales have low mortality from colon cancer and high mortality from coronary heart disease compared with the general population. In a survey of a predominantly Gujarati population in northwest London, both vegetarians and nonvegetarians had similar total dietary fat intake to the native British population but higher dietary fiber intake. Total fecal bile acid and neutral animal sterol concentrations were lower in South Asians than in a native British comparison group. Sixty-two percent of South Asians excreted detectable quantities of free primary bile acids, which were not present in stools from native British subjects. The ratio of fecal coprostanol to total neutral animal sterols was also lower in South Asians. Low risk of colon cancer in this population may be related to reduced microbial activity in the bowel and low levels of tumor- promoting secondary bile acids.


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