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Lower Zinc Bioavailability May Be Related to Higher Risk of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Korean Adults

Title
Lower Zinc Bioavailability May Be Related to Higher Risk of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Korean Adults
Author
최보율
Keywords
PULSE-WAVE VELOCITY; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE; HUMAN HEALTH; PHYTATE INTAKE; MOLAR RATIOS
Issue Date
2013-11
Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Citation
PLOS ONE, 8(11), UNSP e80115
Abstract
Background: There is a proposed link between dietary zinc intake and atherosclerosis, but this relationship remains unclear. Phytate may contribute to this relationship by influencing zinc bioavailability. Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between zinc bioavailability and subclinical atherosclerosis in healthy Korean adults. Materials and Methods: The present cross-sectional analysis used baseline data from the Korean multi-Rural Communities Cohort Study (MRCohort), which is a part of The Korean Genome Epidemiology Study (KoGES). A total of 5,532 subjects (2,116 men and 3,416 women) aged 40 years and older were recruited from rural communities in South Korea between 2005 and 2010. Phytate: zinc molar ratio, estimated from a food-based food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) of 106 food items, was used to determine zinc bioavailability, and carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) were measured to calculate the subclinical atherosclerotic index. Results: We found that phytate: zinc molar ratio is positively related to cIMT in men. A higher phytate: zinc molar ratio was significantly related to an increased risk of atherosclerosis in men, defined as the 80th percentile value of cIMT (5th vs. 1st quintile, OR = 2.11, 95% CI 1.42-3.15, P for trend = 0.0009), and especially in elderly men (5th vs. 1st quintile, OR = 2.58, 95% CI 1.52-4.37, P for trend = 0.0021). We found a positive relationship between phytate: zinc molar ratio and atherosclerosis risk among women aged 65 years or younger. Phytate: zinc molar ratio was not found to be related to PWV. Conclusions: Lower zinc bioavailability may be related to higher atherosclerosis risk.
URI
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0080115http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/55263
ISSN
1932-6203
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0080115
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