Posted on 10/24/2022 9:54:46 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
The prevalence of zinc deficiency is about 50 percent in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is higher in patients with Crohn disease (CD) than those with ulcerative colitis (UC), according to a study.
Roberta Zupo and colleagues conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the prevalence of zinc deficiency in IBD. Nine articles met the inclusion criteria, which included 17 prevalence entries for CD and UC (nine and eight, respectively).
The researchers found that across selected studies, the prevalence of zinc deficiency showed higher values in CD than in UC. In pooled analyses, the overall mean zinc deficiency prevalence was 54 percent in the CD population compared with 41 percent in the UC population. At meta-analysis, the overall prevalence was estimated at 50 percent, with high heterogeneity (I2, 96 percent). There was no evidence of publication bias. Across selected studies, the risk for bias was moderate to low.
"The present research highlights the importance of considering zinc as a micronutrient to be monitored, because every second IBD patient shows a deficiency," the authors write. "According to our results, zinc deficiency is more prevalent in the CD population, probably due to the more severely malabsorptive nature of this condition and also in light of the proximal site of zinc absorption in the intestine."
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
Side note - Men over 30 that train hard & often are often Zinc & Magnesium deficient.
Two words you don’t ever want to see used in the same sentence: Inflammatory and Bowels.
Ha!
How about Explosive and Diarrhea?
Wait a minute, Big Med will talk about zinc deficiency and IBD, but not zinc deficiency and CoupFlu?!
Okaaaaay....
You post lots of great stuff. Thanks.
Have your umbrellas ready!
And what about the half that didn’t have a zinc deficiency? What explains them?
What’s CoupFlu?
Do you mean the Croup, the old term for a cold?
P
Yeah, that’s the sort of thing I was thinking.
Idk
I blame genetics for about 70% of my ails.
I agree. I am wondering if maybe some consideration ought to be given to a “Health/Medical” topic on the sidebar. I notice that the “RLC Liberty Caucus” has two posts in 2022, and five in 2021. I think that the subject deserves discussion.
Sorry, I meant to ping you also on this.
AKA Covid-19(84)
They ate their wives’ dinners...
Oh. I see. Thanks.
Agree
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