[The mechanism of reverse cholesterol transport and cholelithiasis in Northern ethnic groups].

The aim of the study was to investigate metabolic factors that protect the human organism from cholelithiasis and coronary artery disease (CAD). An epidemiological study was carried out to determine the prevalence of cholelithiasis and CAD in eight settlements of Yakutia and Evenkia. The subjects were 1154 Evens and Evenks, and 1591 Europoids.