title: [Blood cadmium and plasma zinc in hypertensive patients. Apropos of 76 cases].
abstract: Changes in total blood cadmium level (CdT), in blood plasma Zinc level (ZnP) and in CdT/ZnP ratio were studied in 39 hypertensive patients compared to 37 healthy subjects. The hypertensive patients were caracterized by a higher CdT level (p less than 10(-5)), a lower ZnP level (p less than 10(-7)) and a higher CdT/ZnP ratio (p less than 10(-7)). A negative correlation was found between CdT and ZnP, and between blood pressure values (systolic and diastolic) and ZnP. A positive correlation was found between blood pressure values and CdT, and therefore CdT/ZnP ratio.
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D002104:Cadmium / Q000097:blood*; D003971:Diastole; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010949:Plasma / Q000032:analysis; D013599:Systole; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium; D015032:Zinc
vernacular_title: Cadmium sanguin et zinc plasmatique chez l'hypertendu. A propos de 76 observations.