[The age-dependent influence of diet on lipid metabolism (author's transl)]

In contrast to 3 months old rats of the Wistar strain show 18 months old animals an elevation of the serum triglyceride level under the conditions of a sucrose diet (25% of the energy uptake). Clinical investigations with women show a similar age difference. These results may not be explained by the age-dependent behavior of the activity of several lipogenic enzymes of liver and adipose tissue and of their adaptation to a sucrose diet, but the age-dependent decrease of the lipoprotein lipase activity may be of special importance.