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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
Plasma unesterified cholesterol is converted to cholesteryl ester by the enzyme lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT). Plasma levels of LCAT were measured by a sensitive double antibody radioimmunoassay in a sample from an adult employee population, ages 20-59 years, in the Pacific Northwest. After adjusting for differences in relative body mass, women had significantly higher LCAT levels (5.90 +/- 1.06, n = 154) than men (5.49 +/- 0.89, n = 83). For ages 20-59 years, LCAT levels showed a slight association with age: r = 0.13 for men and 0.29 for women. LCAT was positively correlated with relative body mass, total cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol. Men who smoked cigarettes had significantly lower LCAT mass than men who did not smoke cigarettes. No statistical differences in mean LCAT values were found between drinkers and nondrinkers. The 5th percentile LCAT value was 4.3 micrograms/ml for both men and women not using hormones. The 95th percentile value was 7.3 micrograms/ml for men and 7.8 micrograms/ml for women regardless of hormone use. Subjects phenotypically LCAT-deficient by clinical criteria and by the absence or near absence of LCAT activity had levels of LCAT mass well below the reference values: 0.73 +/- 0.70, range 0.10 micrograms/ml to 2.65 micrograms/ml, n = 20. Parents or children of LCAT-deficient subjects, i.e., obligate heterozygotes for familial LCAT deficiency, had reduced levels: 3.59 +/- 0.69, range 2.59-4.61 micrograms/ml, n = 19.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9150
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
369-79
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Alcohol Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Contraceptives, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Estrogens, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Health Surveys, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Hypolipoproteinemias, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Japan, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Lecithin Acyltransferase Deficiency, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Norway, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Population, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Smoking, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Triglycerides, pubmed-meshheading:7115467-Washington
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Population-based reference values for lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT).
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.