Rubinstein A, Grosskop I, Charach G, Levtov O, Geter R, Villa Y, Goldbourt U
Department of Medicine C, Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital), Israel.
Isr J Med Sci. 1993 Jun-Jul;29(6-7):354-9.
Lipid and lipoprotein levels and body mass index were compared between two immigrations of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Those who came in Operation Moses in 1984-85 were survivors of a long trek across hundreds of kilometers and severe food deprivation. Those who immigrated in Operation Solomon in 1991 were bussed from their villages to Addis Ababa where public health care and food were provided and a few months later they were airlifted to Israel. Total cholesterol among the Operation Solomon immigrants was higher than those obtained in Operation Moses in the different age-groups studied, in both sexes. High density lipoprotein-cholesterol was significantly higher and triglycerides lower in Operation Solomon compared with those of Operation Moses. Body mass indices of the Ethiopians in both immigrations were significantly lower than in the Israeli-born population but those who arrived in 1991 were heavier than those in the 1984-85 Operation Moses. The data on the Ethiopian Jews who arrived in Operation Solomon were not affected by the environmental hardships experienced by those who arrived in the 1984-85 Operation Moses. Therefore their exposure to a Western life-style, such as smoking, contraceptive use, change in diet and its effect on arteriosclerosis, diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease will be of great interest.
对两批埃塞俄比亚犹太人移民到以色列后的血脂、脂蛋白水平及体重指数进行了比较。1984 - 1985年“摩西行动”中的移民是经历了数百公里长途跋涉且严重食物匮乏的幸存者。1991年“所罗门行动”中的移民则是从他们的村庄被用巴士送到亚的斯亚贝巴，在那里他们得到了公共医疗保健和食物，几个月后被空运到以色列。在所研究的不同年龄组中，“所罗门行动”的移民无论男女，其总胆固醇水平均高于“摩西行动”中的移民。与“摩西行动”的移民相比，“所罗门行动”的移民高密度脂蛋白胆固醇显著更高，甘油三酯更低。两批移民中的埃塞俄比亚人的体重指数均显著低于在以色列出生的人群，但1991年抵达的移民比1984 - 1985年“摩西行动”中的移民更重。“所罗门行动”中抵达的埃塞俄比亚犹太人的数据不受1984 - 1985年“摩西行动”中抵达的移民所经历的环境艰苦因素的影响。因此，他们接触西方生活方式，如吸烟、使用避孕药、饮食变化及其对动脉硬化、糖尿病和冠心病的影响将备受关注。
