ZINC STATUS IN WOMEN WITH UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY IN DUHOK CITY, KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ | ||
| Duhok Medical Journal | ||
| Article 2, Volume 10, Issue 1, November 2016, Pages 2-2 | ||
| Authors | ||
| NAREEN ARIF ABDULRAHMAN1; SAMIM A. AL-DABBAGH2 | ||
| 1Specialist Family Physician, Duhok Directorate general of health | ||
| 2Professor and chairman Family and Community medicine department, College of Medicine, University of Duhok | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background and aim: Alterations in the status of nutrients and minerals including zinc should be considered in the etiology of unexplained infertility. The aim of this study was to determine serum zinc status in women with unexplained infertility and compare it with that of fertile controls. Methods: A case-control study was conducted at Infertility center in Duhok city/Kurdistan region/ Iraq, during the period from beginning of February to end of July 2014, fifty patients with unexplained infertility and 100 age matched apparently healthy fertile control were enrolled. For each one blood sample was obtained for the measurement of serum Zinc. Results: The mean age of infertility patients was 30.9(±5.95) years. The mean serum Zinc was significantly lower in infertile patients than in the controls group (59.13±15.21 µg/dl) and (76.32 ±14.75 µg/dl) respectively. There were no statically significant associations between mean serum Zinc types and duration of infertility. Conclusion: Zinc may have an important etiological role in the pathogenicity of unexplained infertility and therapeutic intervention might be considered, | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Serum Zinc; infertility; Kurdistan region | ||
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