Exogenous postprandial triglyceride metabolism in black African/Caribbean versus white European men. By high sodium and low zinc with gastric cancer mortality: a prospective cohort study in Korea

Black African/Caribbean (BAC) populations experience greater type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk compared to white Europeans (WE)(1), despite a more desirable body composition profile and lower fasting triglyceride (TAG)(2). Plasma lipoprotein TAG were separated by density gradient ultracentrifugation, obtaining Svedberg flotation rate (Sf) > 400 (approximates chylomicrons) and Sf 20–400 TAG (approximates Very Low-Density Lipoprotein). Isotope enrichment was measured by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and presented as tracer:tracee ratio (TTR)-AUC, calculated using the trapezoidal rule.