Blood and faecal lead levels in children with various functional gastrointestinal disorders
| Autor: | Namık Bilici, Eylem Sevinc, Nergiz Sevinç, Erkan Dogan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain Nausea Gastrointestinal Diseases Gastroenterology Trastornos gastrointestinales funcionales Pediatrics RJ1-570 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Management of Technology and Innovation Internal medicine Prevalence Medicine Humans Lead (electronics) Child Niños business.industry Significant difference medicine.disease Abdominal Pain Niveles de plomo en heces Lead Functional constipation medicine.symptom business Niveles de plomo en sangre Constipation |
| Zdroj: | Anales de Pediatría (English Edition), Vol 96, Iss 1, Pp 35-42 (2022) |
| ISSN: | 2341-2879 |
| Popis: | Introduction: To investigate the blood lead levels (BLLs) and faecal lead levels (FLLs) in children with various functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) and compare them with controls. Patients and methods: One hundred and two children with FGIDs defined by the Rome IV criteria, aged 4–18 years, and one hundred and two sex matched healthy children were enrolled in the study. Children with FGIDs were divided into three subgroups as functional constipation (FC) (n = 36), functional abdominal pain (FAP) (n = 36) and functional nausea (FN) (n = 30). The lead levels were measured using atomic absorption spectrometer. Results: The median BLLs in the FGIDs group was significantly higher than in controls (5.12 and 1.77 µg/dL, respectively). The BLLs were above 5 µg/dL in 51,9% of children with FGIDs. There was statistically significant difference in BLLs between FC subgroup and the other subgroups (FAP and FN) (p = 0.003, p |
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