Plasma Lipids Among Sumo-Wrestlers

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  • 力士の血清脂質について
  • 特に HDL-コレステロールを中心に
  • Special References to HDL-Cholesterol

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Plasma lipids are widely known to be elevated in obese subjects. Since Sumo-wrestlers are considered to be one example of the characteristic human experimental obesity, it could be quite interesting to examine their plasma lipids according to the obesity index.<br>Plasma lipids were determined on 538 currently Sumo-wriestlers with the age ranging from 15 to 37. Their mean height is 179.7cm and mean body weight is 111kg.<br>Plasma total cholesterol increased with advancing the obesity index and triglyceride also increased markedly with the index. HDL-cholesterol tended to decrease with increasing obesity index. There were statistically significant changes in those plasma lipid levels between the group of obesity with 9% or less and the group of extreme obesity with 60% or over.<br>In the same dregree of obesity, HDL-cholesterol tended to decrease in the group of elevated plasma triglyceride level. There was a strong inverse correlation between plasma triglyceride and HDL-cholesterol (r=-0.2662 for younger group, r=-0.2652 for older group. P<0.01). Therefore, plasma triglyceride was considered to be potent determinant on HDL-cholesterol.<br>Plasma triglyceride was significantly correlated with γ-GTP, and GOT, GPT in certain groups, while these enzyme levels were entirely indifferent to HDL-cholesterol.<br>Present results are important as the basal correlation for the follow-up study of the human obese subjects.

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