AIM This study evaluated serum levels of zinc in patient with CD compare to healthy subjects. BACKGROUND Celiac disease (CD) is characterized by small intestinal malabsorption of nutrients as a consequence of ingestion of wheat gluten. Zinc is an essential trace element that it has vital biological functions. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sera of 30 celiac cases and 30 healthy normal cohorts as cont...

background: pemphigus vulgaris is a life threatening, blistering skin disease. it is an autoimmune abnormality. due to involvement of oral cavity and pharynx, patients are at risk of nutrients deficiency. the aim of this study was to evaluate the status of selenium, copper, and zinc in these patients. methods: in a case-control study, 43 newly diagnosed pemphigus vulgaris patients were compared...

Total plasma zinc levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis on different therapeutic treatments were determined in conjunction with total serum proteins, serum albumin and globulin, and articular index of joint tenderness, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, rheumatoid factor, serum copper, and serum iron. There were significantly lower zinc levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis on nonste...

After iron deficiency, zinc deficiency is the major micronutrient deficiency in developing countries, and staple food fortification is an effective strategy to prevent and improve it among at-risk-populations. No action has been taken to reduce zinc deficiency via flour fortification so far in Iran, and little is known about the influence of zinc fortification of flour on serum zinc and the iro...

OBJECTIVE Low serum zinc level may predispose nondiabetic subjects to cardiovascular diseases. Our aim was to investigate whether serum zinc level predicts coronary heart disease (CHD) events in subjects with type 2 diabetes RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The original study population consisted of 1,059 patients with type 2 diabetes, aged 45-64 years. Mean duration of diabetes was 8 years. Serum...

Zinc deficiency is clearly teratogenic in animals (1). The catabolism of maternal tissues during pregnancy, however, seems to protect the fetus from the teratogenic effects of hypozincemia (2). In humans, most evidence suggesting the importance of zinc during pregnancy comes from patients with acrodermatitis enteropathica, an inherited severe zinc deficiency state. These patients have spontaneo...

BACKGROUND Apart from the crucial role of micronutrients like copper, iron, and zinc in the functions of body enzymes, it seems that changes in the serum levels of these biomarkers may play a role in the pathogenesis of oral cancer. The aim of this study was to measure the serum levels of ferritin, copper, and zinc in patients with oral malignancies. METHODS Sixty consecutive patients with or...

BACKGROUND In hemodialysis (HD) patients, zinc depletion caused by inadequate intake, malabsorption, and removal by HD treatment leads to erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) hyporesponsiveness. This study investigated the effects of zinc supplementation in HD patients with zinc deficiency on changes in the erythropoietin responsiveness index (ERI). METHODS Patients on HD with low serum zin...

Background: Examining the relationship between cord blood and maternal serum zinc levels and birth weight.Methods: A total of 127 infant-mother pairs were assigned to study (n = 58; with birth weight < 2500 g) and control (n = 69; with birth weight ≥ 2500 g) groups. Serum samples were collected from eligible mothers and cord blood of their low birth weight (LBW) or normal birth weight (NBW) hea...

BACKGROUND Macronutrient deficiency has continued to attract significant research interest, where as the import of micronutrients like zinc has only recently become the focus of interest. Thus against the background of a dearth of data on zinc levels in Nigerian children with Acute Lower Respiratory Infection (ALRI), this study was carried out in Ilorin, Nigeria to determine the serum zinc leve...