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Lactose Intolerance in Australian‐born Chinese
Author(s) -
Bolin T. D.,
Davis A. E.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australasian annals of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0571-9283
DOI - 10.1111/imj.1970.19.1.40
Subject(s) - lactose intolerance , incidence (geometry) , lactase , lactose , etiology , medicine , demography , indigenous , pediatrics , biology , food science , physics , sociology , optics , ecology
Summary Controversy exists over the aetiology of primary lactase deficiency, which may be either a genetic defect or an adaptive phenomenon. The incidence of lactose intolerance in a group of Australian‐born Chinese was 56% compared to an incidence of 95–100% in Chinese resident in Australia and indigenous Chinese in Singapore. The lower incidence of intolerance in Australian‐born Chinese suggested that an environmental rather than a genetic factor was operative and this appeared to be a high intake of lactose in the tolerant subjects.