Association Between the Blood Copper-Zinc (Cu/Zn) Ratio and Anemia in Patients Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis

• Published in: Biological trace element research Vol. 200; no. 6; pp. 2629 - 2638
• Main Authors: Zuo, Sujun, Liu, Mengmeng, Liu, Yun, Xu, Shilin, Zhong, Xiaoshi, Qiu, Jingxian, Qin, Danping, Tan, Rongshao, Liu, Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.06.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anaemia; Anemia; Biochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Blood; Blood levels; Copper; Dialysis; Hemodialysis; Hemoglobin; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Life Sciences; Maintenance; Mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; Multivariate analysis; Nutrition; Oncology; Patients; Ratios; Regression analysis; Zinc; Hemodialysis; Anemia; Blood copper; Blood Cu/Zn ratio; Blood zinc

Copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) imbalances are common in dialysis patients. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the blood Cu/Zn ratio and anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) treatment. This cross-sectional study included patients undergoing MHD at our center i...