The association between serum zinc levels and subjective symptoms in zinc deficiency patients with chronic liver disease

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition
Itaru OzekiYasuaki Kuwata

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the association between serum zinc levels and major subjective symptoms in zinc deficiency patients with chronic liver disease. 578 patients with chronic liver disease were enrolled. The patients, whose serum zinc level of <80 µg/dl, completed a questionnaire to determine whether they had subjective symptoms of the five conditions (taste disorder, aphthous stomatitis, dermatitis, alopecia, and anorexia). Then, the association between these subjective symptoms and serum zinc levels was analyzed. In total, 193 patients (33.4%) experienced any subjective symptoms. The prevalence of each symptom was as follows: 36 patients with taste disorder (6.2%), 46 with aphthous stomatitis (8.0%), 77 with dermatitis (13.3%), 46 with alopecia (8.0%), and 53 with anorexia (9.2%). In total, 70.8%, 34.1%, and 26.1% patients with serum zinc levels of <40, ≥40 to <60, and ≥60 to <80 µg/dl, respectively, had these symptoms. When zinc deficiency was defined as a serum zinc level of <80 µg/dl, approximately one-third of patients displayed symptoms presumably originating from zinc deficiency. As serum zinc levels decreased, the prevalence of these symptoms increased. Dermatitis, especially, was relevant to zinc.

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