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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 7, 590-594, Copyright © 1959 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Serum Cholesterol Levels of North American Women Living in Guatemala City

JOSÉ MÉNDEZ PH.D.1, NEVIN S. SCRIMSHAW M.D.,PH.D.1, and MARINA FLORES M.S1

1 From the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), Guatemala City, Guatemala

Serum cholesterol levels of forty-two apparently healthy non-pregnant North American women who have lived in Guatemala City for at least two years were determined. The groups were twenty to twenty-nine, thirty to thirty-nine, forty to forty-nine and fifty to fifty-nine years of age. Dietary histories were obtained from two to three subjects at random in each age group and the nutritive value of their diet was calculated. Fat consumption and dietary habits were found unchanged from the habits in their country of origin. The cholesterol levels were found to be slightly lower than the United States standards for women under forty years of age and to be similar for older groups.






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