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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 68, 1053-1057, Copyright © 1998 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
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CS Fox, J Esparza, M Nicolson, PH Bennett, LO Schulz, ME Valencia and E Ravussin
Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, AZ, USA.
BACKGROUND: The high prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes in some populations is believed to be the expression of a "thrifty genotype," which conferred survival advantages during periods of harsh environmental conditions, but has become a liability in industrialized environments of abundance. Low plasma leptin concentrations and a low metabolic rate may be the phenotypic expression of this genotype. OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that plasma leptin concentrations and resting metabolic rate would be lower in Mexican Pima Indians not yet exposed to an affluent lifestyle than in non-Pima Mexicans living in the same environment. DESIGN: We studied 208 nondiabetic Pima Indians (105 women and 103 men) living a traditional lifestyle in a remote, mountainous area of northwest Mexico and 183 nondiabetic non-Pima Mexicans (90 women and 93 men) living in the same environment. A subset of 40 (17 women and 23 men) Pima Indians and 40 (19 women and 21 men) non-Pima Mexicans was selected for studies of energy metabolism with a ventilated-hood system. RESULTS: Leptin concentrations were strongly correlated with percentage body fat in both groups (r = 0.83, P < 0.0001). There was no significant difference in plasma leptin concentration between groups in absolute value (P = 0.90) or after adjustment for percentage body fat, waist circumference, age, and sex (P = 0.40). Similarly, there was no significant difference in resting metabolic rate between groups in absolute value (P = 0.27) or after adjustment for fat-free mass (P = 0.32). CONCLUSIONS: These results do not support the hypothesis that hypoleptinemia, a relatively low resting metabolic rate, or both are expressions of the thrifty genotype.
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