Correlation of intestinal disaccharidase activities with the C/T-13910 variant and age

Table 2 Distribution of disaccharidase activities among Finnish population in different age groups

Disaccharidase	n	Age groups (yr)			Total 222	P
		18-39	40-59	60-83
		84	94	44
Lactase		35.6 ± 2.4	39.3 ± 3	37 ± 3.5	37.4 ± 1.7	0.84
Sucrase		77.3 ± 2.8	86.6 ± 4.5	87.4 ± 4.5	83.2 ± 2.4	0.18
Maltase		298 ± 11	326 ± 16	324 ± 13	315 ± 8	0.24
L/S ratio		0.48 ± 0.03	0.48 ± 0.03	0.43 ± 0.04	0.47 ± 0.02	0.70

Disaccharidase activities are expressed as U/g protein, mean ± SE; P value based on Kruskal-Wallis test.