Effect of zinc supplementation on serum zinc concentration and T cell proliferation in nursing home elderly: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 942-951

  Barnett, Junaidah B ^a   Dao, Maria C ^a   Hamer, Davidson H ^a,b,d   Kandel, Ruth ^e,f   Brandeis, Gary ^c   Wu, Dayong ^a   Dallal, Gerard E ^a   Jacques, Paul F ^a   Schreiber, Robert ^e,f   Kong, Eunhee ^a   Meydani, Simin N ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Section of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Hebrew SeniorLife   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing home elderly; Serum zinc concentration; T cell proliferation; Zinc gluconate; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COPPER; PLACEBO; ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; VERY ELDERLY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; AGING; BLOOD; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; HOME FOR THE AGED; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; NURSING HOME; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 84959864130     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.115188     Document Type: Article

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