Correlates of low serum lipid levels among the Evenki herders of Siberia

• Published in: American Journal of Human Biology
• Main Authors: Leonard, William R., Crawford, Michael H., Comuzzie, Anthony G., Sukernik, Rem I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1994
• Subjects: Genetics; Anthropology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Anatomy; Arctic; Evenki; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.1310060308; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajhb.1310060308; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajhb.1310060308

Abstract This study examines serum lipid levels (total, HDL and LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides) among the Evenki reindeer herders of Central Siberia. Cholesterol and triglyceride levels among the Evenki are low, even relative to other indigenous arctic and herding populations. Total and LDL chol...