Association between the Levels of Ferrum, Zinc and Copper Serum and Premature Canities

Putri Ashraf, Rointan Simanungkalit, Nelva K. Jusuf

2018

Abstract

Graying hair that occurs at earlier age is referred as premature canities and it thought caused by genetics with the interaction of any various factors. Premature canities also associated with a variety of pathological conditions such as mineral deficiencies. Few studies have reported the association of premature canities and trace elements serum such as ferrum (Fe), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) level. To assessed the association of Fe, Zn and Cu serum level and premature canities. This is an analytic study to assess the association between the levels of Fe, Zn and Cu serum and premature canities with cross- sectional designed in 31 case subjects and 31 controls. Diagnosis based on anamnesis and clinical examination and the blood samples were collected. The Mann Whitney test used to assess the difference between Fe serum level. The t-independent test used to assessed the difference between Zn and Cu serum level. There was a significant correlation between Zn serum and premature canities (p<0.05), there was no significant correlation between Fe and Cu serum with premature canities (p>0.05). There was a significant difference between Zn and Cu serum levels of the premature canities group compared to controls group (p<0.05), there was no significant difference between Fe serum premature canities group compared to controls group(p<0.05). There was a significant association between zinc serum level and premature canities, there was no association between ferrum and copper serum levels and premature canities.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ashraf P., Simanungkalit R. and Jusuf N. (2018). Association between the Levels of Ferrum, Zinc and Copper Serum and Premature Canities.In Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD, ISBN 978-989-758-494-7, pages 122-126. DOI: 10.5220/0008152201220126

in Bibtex Style

@conference{rcd18,
author={Putri Ashraf and Rointan Simanungkalit and Nelva K. Jusuf},
title={Association between the Levels of Ferrum, Zinc and Copper Serum and Premature Canities},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,},
year={2018},
pages={122-126},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008152201220126},
isbn={978-989-758-494-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,
TI - Association between the Levels of Ferrum, Zinc and Copper Serum and Premature Canities
SN - 978-989-758-494-7
AU - Ashraf P.
AU - Simanungkalit R.
AU - Jusuf N.
PY - 2018
SP - 122
EP - 126
DO - 10.5220/0008152201220126