Association Between Advanced Keratoconus and Serum Levels of Zinc, Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, Copper, and Selenium

In this study, 50 patients with advanced KCN and 50 control subjects were included. Plasma levels of Zn, Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu, and Se were compared between the groups. Results: Mean ± SD age of the patients in the case and control groups was 29.3 ± 3.5 and 28.9 ± 5.9 years, respectively (P = 0.669). Among serum parameters, there were no statistically significant differences between the 2 groups in serum levels of Ca, Mg, and Fe (P> 0.05), whereas serum levels of Zn and Cu were significantly lower in the case group than the control group [65.92 ± 7.90 vs. 87.36 ± 13.64 μg/dL and 78.48 ± 11.96 vs. 116.34 ± 20.87 μg/dL, respectively (both P
Source: Cornea - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Basic Investigation Source Type: research