2012 年 29 巻 p. 110-116
To investigate the differences in the trace mineral intake of atherosclerosis patients at different stages. , the nutrition survey was made in 80 atherosclerosis patients and 184 healthy individuals. Studentʼs t-tests were performed to determine the differences in the mineral intake between atherosclerosis patients and healthy individuals, and the differences among the different stages of the disease. All subjects were divided into 2 groups according to body mass index above 25 (obese group) and below 25 (non-obese group). The Studentʼs t-test was performed for groups comprising only obese group and only non-obese group too.
In Serum measurements, the subjects included 16 male atherosclerosis patients and 35 healthy men. The differences between the average concentrations of each mineral were determined between the obese and non-obese groups; the atherosclerosis and non-obese groups; and the atherosclerosis and healthy groups. Studentʼs t-test was used to determine significance.
The results revealed that a significantly higher value of Fe intake was observed for the atherosclerosis group compared to the healthy group. Also Zn intake of the obese individuals of the non-atherosclerosis group was higher than that of the atherosclerosis group. The serum Zn level in the healthy and obese groups was higher than that in the atherosclerosis group.
