Low zinc levels is associated with increased inflammatory activity but not with atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis or endothelial dysfunction among the very elderly

BACKGROUND: Reduced zinc intake has been related to atherogenesis and arteriosclerosis. We verified this assumption in very old individuals, which are particularly prone to both zinc deficiency and structural and functional changes in the arterial wall. METHODS: Subjects (n = 201, 80–102 years) with...

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Autores principales: De Paula, Rafaela C.S., Aneni, Ehimen C., Costa, Ana Paula R., Figueiredo, Valeria N., Moura, Filipe A., Freitas, Wladimir M., Quaglia, Luiz A., Santos, Simone N., Soares, Alexandre A., Nadruz, Wilson, Blaha, Michael, Blumenthal, Roger, Agatston, Arthur, Nasir, Khurram, Sposito, Andrei C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Regular Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4633969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26676114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbacli.2014.07.002

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4633969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26676114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbacli.2014.07.002

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