title: Serum zinc and copper: associations with cholesterol and triglyceride levels in children and adolescents. Cardiovascular risk in young Finns.
abstract: Associations among serum lipids (total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides) and levels of serum zinc (S-Zn), serum copper (S-Cu), and their ratio were analyzed in 3373 3-, 6-, 9-, 12-, 15-, and 18-year-old Finnish girls and boys. S-Zn was positively related to total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and LDL-cholesterol; S-Cu related negatively to HDL-cholesterol. Obesity did not affect these relationships. The few exceptionally high lipid levels found were not associated with very low or high S-Zn or S-Cu. S-Zn and S-Cu were related to serum lipids; causality between the variables, however, remains to be studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Science, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laitinen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vuori
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Viikari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008055:Lipids; D003300:Copper; D002784:Cholesterol; D015032:Zinc