title: [Low zinc levels in metabolic X syndrome (mzX) patients measured by hair zinc composition analysis].
abstract: The hair zinc content in 16 patients with metabolic X syndrome (mzX) was measured by means of atomic absorption spectrometry method. The mean concentration (125.13 mg/kg) was lower than in the majority of other published studies. The differences among groups of patients with different sex or diseases (e.g. coronary heart disease, hypertension, type II diabetes mellitus) were not significant. It seems to be probably that deficiency of zinc plays a role in pathogenesis of mzX or that it is a consequence of mzX.
authors.affiliation: Pracownia Analizy Instrumentalnej, Katedra Chemii Fizycznej AM w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lukasiak
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cajzer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dabrowska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Falkiewicz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D013577:Syndrome; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc
vernacular_title: Niski poziom cynku u chorych z metabolicznym zespołem X (mzX) stwierdzany w oparciu o analize zawartości tego pierwiastka we włosach.