A Relationship between Plasma Cholesterol Level, Latitude, and the Rhesus Blood Group System

Document Type

Article

Authors

Braxton M. Alfred, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Melvin Lee, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
I D. Desai, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Abstract

Data on plasma cholesterol level are analyzed for 338 subjects (including relatives) at three British Columbia Indian Reserves for the genotypes at the Rhesus locus C. Results strongly suggest a linear decrease in level with latitude and a less pronounced linear decrease with the number of C alleles. The regression of plasma cholesterol on latitude and the number of C alleles present in the genotype is 365.74-2.96 (latitude)-12.23 (no. of C alleles).

Recommended Citation

Alfred, Braxton M.; Lee, Melvin; and Desai, I D. (1974) "A Relationship between Plasma Cholesterol Level, Latitude, and the Rhesus Blood Group System," Human Biology: Vol. 46: Iss. 4, Article 7.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol46/iss4/7