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3 . 2015

Dynamics of elements distribution in blood, depending on age, by example of Moscow Region residents

Abstract

Elemental status of a person determines the qualitative and quantitative content of chemical elements in the human body. This marker allows us to estimate the level of imbalance of chemical elements and therefore health risks. The method for simultaneous quantitative and qualitative analysis of 67 elements in biomaterials has been proposed. The detailed elemental analysis of whole blood samples of 1711 healthy people (age range 0–100 years) of Moscow Region has been performed. A number of patterns of age-related changes of the element status conditionally healthy people has been estimated. Na content in the samples increased with the age of the person. Presumably, this result reflects the studied populations nutrition disorders associated with immoderate consumption of table salt. The maximum content of Ca was observed in blood samples of people age range 0–20 years (66–69 mg/kg), the Ca content in the blood samples of people age range 26–85 years was significantly lower (59–62 mg/kg). The maximum decrease of Ca was detected in blood samples of people age range of 85–100 years (57–59 mg/kg). This reduction in the concentration of Ca, apparently due to age-related changes of Ca balance, correlates with decrease of bone mineral density and bone mass. Iron content decreased in the blood samples of people age range 10–100 years from 480 to 390 mg/kg. Selenium content in blood of people age range 0–25 years linearly increased, remained stable high in the blood of people age range 25–55 years (0,13–0,136 mg/kg) and then gradually decreased. A graph of As content dependence from a person’s age is a mirror image of the graph of Se content dependence from a person’s age, which is evidence of the antagonistic effects of these elements. Graphic changes in the content of rare earth elements Eu and Ho reflect the unidirectional trend of these elements accumulation. The maximum content of these elements was observed in blood samples of people age range of 25–65 years. Perhaps a reduction of Eu and Ho in the age range 65–100 years age reflects a downward trend in bone mineral density and decrease in bone mass, which correlates with the Ca content in the blood depending on the age of people. The data obtained showed a significant increase of U and V in the blood of people age range of 85–100 years. The compounds of vanadium and uranium normally relatively easily filtered by the kidneys and excreted in the urine. This result seems to demonstrate age-related deterioration in the functioning of the excretory system. A list of recommendations for nutrition correction of elemental imbalance of the observed population has been proposed.

Keywords:elements homeostasis, mass-spectrometry, diagnostics of premorbid states

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Viktor A. Tutelyan
Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Scientific Director of the Federal Research Centre of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety (Moscow, Russia)

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