title: Serum copper, zinc, ceruloplasmin and superoxide dismutase in Thai overweight and obese.
abstract: The serum copper, selenium, ceruloplasmin, superoxide dismutase (SOD) (specific activities of antioxidant enzymes), anthropometric measurements, including waist/hip ratio 51 male and 190 female overweight subjects (body mass index (BMI) > or = 25.0 kg/m2) compared with a 26 male and 83 female control group (BMI = 18.5-24.9 kg/m2) Thai volunteers who attended the Out-patient Department, General Practice Section, Rajvithi Hospital, Bangkok, for a physical check-up from March to October, 1998, were investigated. There was no age difference between the overweight group and the controls. All of the anthropometric variables, except the height of the overweight group, were significantly higher than those of the normal subjects. The medians of weight and waist/hip ratio of overweight and obese males were significantly higher than those of overweight and obese females. Serum ceruloplasmin, copper were statistically significantly higher in overweight subjects than in the controls. However, serum zinc and superoxide dismutase activity in the overweight group were found to be lower than in the control group. Higher serum ceruloplasmin, copper, zinc and superoxide dismutase activity were shown in the female overweight group than in the male overweight group. Ceruloplasmin was found to correlate positively with copper concentration but negatively related with superoxide dismutase enzyme activity. A negative correlation was found between serum copper and zinc concentrations in both sexes of the overweight and obese subjects. Low SOD activity found in the overweight and obese subjects might be caused by low zinc intake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
authors.forename: Rungsunn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tungtrongchitr
authors.forename: Praneet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pongpaew
authors.forename: Benjaluck
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Phonrat
authors.forename: Anchalee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tungtrongchitr
authors.forename: Duangkamol
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Viroonudomphol
authors.forename: Niyomsri
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vudhivai
authors.forename: Frank Peter
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Schelp
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000378:metabolism*; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood* / Q000201:enzymology; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood*; D013785:Thailand; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D003300:Copper; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D002570:Ceruloplasmin; D015032:Zinc