Zinc ingestion and lipoprotein values in sedentary and endurance-trained men. Academic Article

abstract

• The finding that high doses (160 mg) of zinc lowered high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol prompted us to study the effect of low-dose zinc supplementation on lipoprotein values in sedentary and endurance-trained men. Twenty-one endurance-trained and 23 sedentary men received either placebo or 50 mg of zinc sulfate daily for eight weeks. Despite the fact that plasma zinc increased 15%, fasting plasma high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol, low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride levels did not change in response to zinc ingestion. We conclude that low-dose zinc supplementation does not affect lipid or lipoprotein values in either endurance-trained or sedentary men.

authors

• Crouse, Stephen

published proceedings

• JAMA

author list (cited authors)

• Crouse, S. F., Hooper, P. L., Atterbom, H. A., & Papenfuss, R. L.

citation count

• 25

complete list of authors

• Crouse, SF||Hooper, PL||Atterbom, HA||Papenfuss, RL

publication date

• August 1984

publisher

• American Medical Association (AMA)  Publisher

published in

• n0098-7484ISSN  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Cholesterol
• Cholesterol, HDL
• Cholesterol, LDL
• Double-Blind Method
• Humans
• Lipoproteins
• Lipoproteins, HDL
• Lipoproteins, LDL
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Physical Endurance
• Physical Fitness
• Triglycerides
• Zinc

PubMed Central ID

• 6748177

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1001/jama.1984.03350060029023

start page

• 785

end page

• 787

volume

• 252

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1984.03350060029023