title: Are plasma mineral levels related to antibody response to influenza vaccination in older adults?
abstract: An effective immune response to vaccination may be related to nutritional status. This study examined the association of plasma mineral levels with hemagglutination inhibition (HI) titers produced in response to influenza vaccine in older adults.
  
  
  
  Prior to (Day 0) and 21 (range = 19-28) days after receiving the 2013-14 influenza vaccine, 109 adults ages 51-81 years, provided blood samples. Serum samples were tested for HI activity against the A/H1N1 and A/H3N2 2013-2014 vaccine virus strains. Plasma minerals were collected in zinc-free tubes and assayed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. HI titers were reported as seroprotection (≥1:40) and seroconversion (≥ 4-fold rise from Day 0 (minimum HI = 1:10) to Day 21). Both HI titers and mineral values were skewed and thus log2 transformed. Magnesium (Mg), phosphorus (P), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), potassium (K) and the Cu to Zn ratio were tested. Logistic regression analyses were used to determine the associations between mineral levels and seroconversion and seroprotection of HI titers for each influenza A strain.
  
  
  
  Participants were 61% white, 28% male, 39% diabetic, and 81% overweight/obese with a mean age of 62.6 y. In logistic regression, Day 21 A/H1N1 seroprotection was associated with P and Zn at Day 21(P < 0.05). Seroconversion of A/H1N1 was associated with Day 21 Cu, P, and Mg (P < 0.03). Day 21 A/H3N2 seroprotection and seroconversion were associated with Day 21 P (P < 0.05).
  
  
  
  Phosphorus was associated with seroprotection and seroconversion to influenza A after vaccination; these associations warrant additional studies with larger, more diverse population groups.
authors.affiliation: a Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness (CRISMA) Laboratory, Department of Critical Care Medicine , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , PA , USA.|b Department of Environmental and Occupational Health , University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health , Pittsburgh , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Ata Murat
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kaynar
authors.affiliation: c Department of Family Medicine , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Mary Patricia
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Nowalk
authors.affiliation: c Department of Family Medicine , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Chyongchiou Jeng
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: c Department of Family Medicine , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Krissy K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Moehling
authors.affiliation: c Department of Family Medicine , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Susick
authors.affiliation: d Department of Critical Care Medicine , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Veli
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bakalov
authors.affiliation: d Department of Critical Care Medicine , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Bruce R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Pitt
authors.affiliation: e Department of Geology and Environmental Science , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Bain
authors.affiliation: f Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute of Florida , Port St. Lucie , FL , USA.
authors.forename: Ted M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.affiliation: c Department of Family Medicine , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Sean G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Saul
authors.affiliation: c Department of Family Medicine , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Mahlon
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raymund
authors.affiliation: c Department of Family Medicine , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Richard K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000276:immunology; D053122:Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype / Q000276:immunology; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000517:prevention & control; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008875:Middle Aged; D008903:Minerals / Q000097:blood*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood; D000069078:Seroconversion
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D008903:Minerals; D010758:Phosphorus
keywords: immunogenicity; influenza vaccine; plasma minerals