Unusual low plasma levels of zinc in non-pregnant Congolese women
| Autor: | Mbele Vuvu, Solo Kuvibidila |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Population Nutritional Status Medicine (miscellaneous) Young Adult Animal science Internal medicine Lactation Blood plasma medicine Humans education Serum Albumin Inflammation Analysis of Variance education.field_of_study Nutrition and Dietetics biology business.industry C-reactive protein Transferrin Acute-phase protein Ceruloplasmin Orosomucoid Retinol-Binding Proteins Zinc C-Reactive Protein Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Democratic Republic of the Congo biology.protein Regression Analysis Gestation Population study Female business Biomarkers Acute-Phase Proteins |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Nutrition. 101:1783-1786 |
| ISSN: | 1475-2662 0007-1145 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0007114508147390 |
| Popis: | Zn is an essential trace element required throughout the life cycle. Although suboptimal Zn status is thought to be common in many sub-Saharan countries, there is a paucity of data in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The objective of the study was to determine Zn status in non-pregnant Congolese women. We measured plasma Zn and indicators of nutritional status (albumin, prealbumin, retinol-binding protein) and inflammation (C-reactive protein (CRP), ceruloplasmin, α1-acid glycoprotein (AGP)) in seventy-seven lactating and thirty non-lactating women (mean age 28 and 31 years, respectively). Blood samples were collected in summer 1989 in rural Bas-Congo during a survey on Fe status. Mean lactation period was 8·3 months. Mean parity was higher in lactating (3·6) than in non-lactating (2·2) women (P 1·2 g/l) and higher in lactating (1·365 g/l) than in non-lactating (1·178 g/l) women (P P P |
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