TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative Hair Trace Element Profile in the Population of Sakhalin and Taiwan Pacific Islands
AU - Skalny, Anatoly V.
AU - Skalnaya, Margarita G.
AU - Serebryansky, Eugeny P.
AU - Zhegalova, Irina V.
AU - Grabeklis, Andrei R.
AU - Skalnaya, Oxana A.
AU - Skalnaya, Anastasia A.
AU - Huang, Pai Tsang
AU - Wu, Cheng Chi
AU - Bykov, Anatoly T.
AU - Tinkov, Alexey A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This paper was financially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on the program to improve the competitiveness of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) among the world’s leading research and education centers in 2016–2020.
Funding Information:
This paper was financially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on the program to improve the competitiveness of Peoples? Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) among the world?s leading research and education centers in 2016?2020. The protocol of the study was approved by the Local Ethics Committee, and procedures were performed in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. All examinees gave their informed consent prior to the inclusion in the study. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - The objective of the current study is to perform a comparative analysis of hair trace element content in 393 apparently healthy adults living in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (94 women and 46 men) and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin, Russia (186 women and 67 men). The obtained data indicate that Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk inhabitants were characterized by significantly higher hair Co, Cr, Mn, and V levels, exceeding the respective Taipei values by a factor of 3, 2, 7, and 5, respectively (all p < 0.001). Hair Cu, Fe, and Si levels were also higher in examinees from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk than those from Taipei by 10% (p = 0.001), 61% (p < 0.001), and 68% (p < 0.001), respectively. It is notable that the only essential element, being significantly higher (+ 30%; p < 0.001) in Taipei inhabitants, is selenium. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk inhabitants were characterized by 60% higher levels of hair Sn, and nearly two- and threefold higher scalp hair content of Be and Cd in comparison to Taipei values, respectively (all p < 0.001). Oppositely, the examinees from Taipei had 14% (p = 0.040) and 47% (p = 0.001) higher levels of hair As and Hg as compared to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk inhabitants. Further analysis demonstrated that men from both Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Taipei were characterized by significantly higher hair Mn, As, and Pb levels in comparison to women. The intensive development of heavy industry in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk may result in increased metal emissions, whereas fish consumption may result in elevation of hair Hg, As, and Se levels in Taiwan inhabitants.
AB - The objective of the current study is to perform a comparative analysis of hair trace element content in 393 apparently healthy adults living in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (94 women and 46 men) and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin, Russia (186 women and 67 men). The obtained data indicate that Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk inhabitants were characterized by significantly higher hair Co, Cr, Mn, and V levels, exceeding the respective Taipei values by a factor of 3, 2, 7, and 5, respectively (all p < 0.001). Hair Cu, Fe, and Si levels were also higher in examinees from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk than those from Taipei by 10% (p = 0.001), 61% (p < 0.001), and 68% (p < 0.001), respectively. It is notable that the only essential element, being significantly higher (+ 30%; p < 0.001) in Taipei inhabitants, is selenium. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk inhabitants were characterized by 60% higher levels of hair Sn, and nearly two- and threefold higher scalp hair content of Be and Cd in comparison to Taipei values, respectively (all p < 0.001). Oppositely, the examinees from Taipei had 14% (p = 0.040) and 47% (p = 0.001) higher levels of hair As and Hg as compared to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk inhabitants. Further analysis demonstrated that men from both Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Taipei were characterized by significantly higher hair Mn, As, and Pb levels in comparison to women. The intensive development of heavy industry in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk may result in increased metal emissions, whereas fish consumption may result in elevation of hair Hg, As, and Se levels in Taiwan inhabitants.
KW - Biomonitoring
KW - Hair
KW - Mercury
KW - Selenium
KW - Trace elements
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U2 - 10.1007/s12011-017-1204-y
DO - 10.1007/s12011-017-1204-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 29150755
AN - SCOPUS:85034224325
SN - 0163-4984
VL - 184
SP - 308
EP - 316
JO - Biological Trace Element Research
JF - Biological Trace Element Research
IS - 2
ER -
