Age dependency of the lactase persistence and lactase restriction phenotypes among children in Sri Lanka and Britain

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
S ThomasM Hjelm

Abstract

All neonates are born with intestinal lactase activity. In most of them the intestinal lactase activity is lost during childhood (lactase restriction phenotype). In a minority of children normal intestinal lactase activity is retained (lactase persistence phenotype). In this study the progression of the lactase restriction phenotypes has been studied in 94 Sri Lankan children by oral lactose loads and 162 British children by intestinal lactase estimation (adult Sri Lankans and British predominantly belong to the lactase restriction and lactase persistence phenotypes, respectively). Lactase was present in infancy at birth in all Sri Lankan children and declined around the age of eight years, the majority (59 per cent) of the 10-15-year-olds belonging to the lactase restriction phenotype. In contrast the majority of the British children (95 per cent of all the British children studied) demonstrated the lactase persistence phenotype. The low prevalence rate of the restriction phenotype found among British children was largely contributed by children of African and Asian origin.

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