Age- and sex-dependent effects of long-term zinc supplementation on essential trace element status and lipid metabolism in European subjects: The Zenith Study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 569-578

  Hininger Favier, Isabelle ^a   Andriollo Sanchez, Maud ^a   Arnaud, Josiane ^a   Meunier, Nathalie ^b   Bord, Séverine ^c   Graham, Ciaren ^d   Polito, Angela ^e   Maiani, Giuseppe ^e   O'Connor, Jacqueline M ^d   Coudray, Charles ^b   Roussel, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Trace element interactions; Trace element lipid interactions; Zinc status; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; COPPER; GLUCONATE ZINC; IRON; LIPID; PLACEBO; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; EUROPE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC URINE LEVEL; AGE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COPPER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 34047251998     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507432974     Document Type: Article

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