Original Communications Interrelationship Between Skinfold Thickness, Serum Lipids and Blood Sugar in Normal Men

Abstract

S ERUM triglyceride concentration is increased in subjects with coronary artery disease, cerebral vascular disease and diabetes, as well as in men with positive family histories of these diseases. ’ Thus the etiology of hyper-glyceridemia may have considerable bearing on the prevention and treatment of these illnesses. This report is part of a long-term study of serum lipids in healthy male factory workers whose general characteristics have been defined.4 A.s many as 40 per cent or more of the men had increased concentrations of serum triglycerides by standards previously established. ’ Many clues pointed to over-nutrition as a factor in the genesis of the hyper