Renal Excretion of 17-Ketosteroids by Members of some Ethnic Groups living in Malaya

Abstract

WE have recently studied the 24-hr. renal outputs of 17-ketosteroids by normal adult males belonging to some of the well-defined, civilized ethnic groups living on Singapore Island and in the Federation of Malaya. The groups for which complete data have been obtained (a sample of twenty subjects was taken from each ethnic group) are Chinese, European and Malay. The Chinese were all of recent Southern Chinese origin, most of the Europeans were of recent English origin and most of the Malays were of recent ‘Peninsular’ origin. Work on other subjects belonging to both civilized and uncivilized groups has yet to be completed and evaluated. Meanwhile, the existing complete data are discussed briefly (Table 1).