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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-6
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of acute exposure to high altitude hypoxia upon plasma levels of lipids and lipoproteins were studied in 6 healthy subjects observed under strict dietary control. Fasting and postprandial values, first measured at low altitude (< 300 m), were compared to values measured 7 days after transfer by helicopter to the Observatoire Vallot (4350 m) near Mont-Blanc. Plasma levels of catecholamines and thyroid hormones were measured in parallel. Under normoxic conditions, a rise in plasma levels of cholesterol, triglycerides and phospholipids was found 4 hr after the test-meal, whereas circulating norepinephrine fell. Under hypoxic conditions, postprandial effects on lipid parameters disappeared, lipemic responses to the test-meal were dramatically reduced and plasma levels of norepinephrine increased. These effects were accompanied by a fall in triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, generally associated with a slight elevation of HDL-cholesterol, especially the less dense HDL2 fraction. When all results obtained in normoxic and hypoxic conditions were analyzed together, a series of highly significant correlations were found between the magnitude of postprandial lipidemia and various lipid parameters, in particular HDL2-cholesterol which was negatively correlated. These observations strongly suggest that high altitude hypoxia, independent of interfering variables such as exercise training or cold exposure, induced a net stimulation of the lipolysis of plasma triglycerides.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0172-4622
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
78-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Reduction of postprandial lipemia after acute exposure to high altitude hypoxia.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Nutrition, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't