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Background: Butyrate delivery to the large bowel may positively modulate commensal microbiota and enhance immunity.

Objective: To determine the effects of increasing large bowel butyrate concentration through ingestion of butyrylated high amylose maize starch (HAMSB) on faecal biochemistry and microbiota, and markers of immunity in healthy active individuals.

Design: Male and female volunteers were assigned randomly to consume either two doses of 20 g HAMSB (n = 23; age 37.

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Objectives: Only 193 people from Pitcairn Island, all descended from 9 'Bounty' mutineers and 12 Tahitian women, moved to the uninhabited Norfolk Island in 1856. Our objective was to assess the population of Norfolk Island, several thousand km off the eastern coast of Australia, as a genetic isolate of potential use for cardiovascular disease (CVD) gene mapping.

Methods: A total of 602 participants, approximately two thirds of the island's present adult population, were characterized for a panel of CVD risk factors.

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