Dietary fat and salivary prostaglandin E2

A study of the relation between dietary fat intake and salivary prostaglandin E2 was undertaken in Transkei, South Africa. Samples of saliva were obtained from (1) Transkeians on a very low fat diet, (2) Transkeians on a low fat diet, (3) Transkeians on a medium fat diet, (4) British patients. Salivary PGE2 means for the groups were (1) 2357 pg/ml, (2) 2020 pg/ml, (3) 733 pg/ml, (4) 312.5 pg/ml. Differences between groups 1 and 3, 1 and 4, and 2...