Moderately high altitude habitation modulates lipid profile and alkaline phosphatase activity in aged Khasis of Meghalaya

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-56

  Ranhotra, H S ^a   Sharma, R ^b  

^a St Edmund's College   (India)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aged; Alkaline phosphatase; Altitude; Khasis; Lipid profile; Liver profile

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GLOBULIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KHASI; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77955368612     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12291-010-0011-4     Document Type: Article

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