ABSTRACT. Elemental profile of human hair is an adequate laboratory indicator reflecting the influence of climatogeographical, biogeochemical and ecological features of the territory. Assessment of the content of chemical elements is a tool to improve the health of residents by identifying and eliminating elemental deficiencies typical for the territory.
Aim – the aim of this study was to study the elemental status of the adult population of the Udmurt Republic and its comparison with the indicators of the residents of the Volga Federal District as a whole.
Materials and methods. In order to fulfill the set tasks in the period from 2004 to 2010 the study of elemental composition of hair of 11637 residents of the Volga Federal District (8358 women and 3279 men aged 25−50 years), including 542 adult residents (423 women and 119 men aged 25−50 years) of the Udmurt Republic, was carried out. All samples were subjected to elemental analysis by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
Results. On the basis of the obtained data the reference intervals of trace elements content in the hair of the residents of the Udmurt Republic and the Volga Federal District were calculated.
Conclusion. The obtained reference intervals may be of interest for a number of relevant organizations and used in various studies as reference data.
KEYWORDS: trace elements, reference values, hair, adult population, Udmurt Republic.
For citation: Lapin I.I., Грабеклис А.Р., Korobeinikova T.V. Referent values of microelements in the hair of adults of the Udmurt Republic. Trace elemets in medicine. 2025;26(3):26−36. DOI: 10.19112/2413-6174-2025-26-3-26-36
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Information about the authors:
Ilya I. Lapin – Laboratory Assistant of the Laboratory of Molecular Dietetics
of the Center for Bioelementology and Human Ecology of the Scientific and Technological Park of Biomedicine;
Post-graduate Student, Assistant of the Department of Medical Elementology at the Medical Institute;
ORCID: 0009-0005-5176-9770; SPIN: 5281-1047
Andrei R. Grabeklis – Ph.D. (Biol.), Head of the Laboratory of Medical Elementology and Human Ecology at the Research
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Medical Elementology
at the Medical Institute;
ORCID: 0000-0003-4017-4139; SPIN: 9227-5941
TatianaV. Korobeinikova – Ph.D. (Tech.), Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Dietetics;
Associate Professor of theIlya I. Lapi Department of Medical Elementology at the Medical Institute;
ORCID: 0000-0002-1373-6354; SPIN: 7764-6486
Conflict of interest
The authors declare no obvious and potential conflicts of interest related to the publication of this article.
Funding
The study was carried out using financial resources allocated for the achieving of tasks within the framework
of the federal target program "National System of Chemical and Biological Security of the Russian Federation (2009-2014 years)".