NUR 550 Topic 4 Discussion Question 2 Answer

Topic 4 DQ 2 Research a health concern that impacts a population with which you are familiar. How do biostatistics affect the research focus? How do you define the population as your patient? Make sure to include the population and health concern. In the Alaska Native population there is an increased presence of Carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT 1) deficiency. The gene responsible for creating the enzyme carnitine palmitoyltransferase, an enzyme which is found in the liver and needed for fatty acid oxidation, is mutated thereby making it impossible for the body to break down fats. The gene responsible for the CPT 1 deficiency is an autosomal recessive pattern, meaning that each parent carries a copy of the mutated gene and those are inherited by the child. It cannot