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SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL REVIEWED JOURNAL OF FMBA OF RUSSIA
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Assessment of micronutrient levels in the military personnel serving in various climatic zones of Russia
About authors
1 Professor V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2 Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
3 Erisman Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene, Mytishchi, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Rofail S. Rakhmanov
Minin and Pozharsky Sq., 10/1, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia; e-mail: ur.liam@35far
About paper
Author contribution: Rakhmanov RS — developing the study concept and design, manuscript writing; Bogomolova ES — editing, approval of the final version of the article; Narutdinov DA — primary data acquisition; Razgulin SA — literature review; Istomin AV — statistical data processing and data interpretation; Shurkin DA — statistical data processing.
Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Privolzhsky Research Medical University (protocol № 4 of 14 March 2022), it was carried out in accordance with the ethical principles stipulated in the Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association; all servicemen submitted the informed consent to participation in the study.
Received: 2024-03-23
Accepted: 2024-06-08
Published online: 2024-06-28
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Table 1. Plasma levels of vitamins in the military personnel serving in various climatic zones (M ± σ)
Note: * — significance of differences between values of groups 1 and 2; * * — significance of differences between values of groups 1 and 3; *** — significance of differences between values of groups 2 and 3.
Table 2. Plasma levels of minerals in the military personnel serving in various climatic zones (M ± σ for parametric and Me (Q25–Q75) for nonparametric data)
Note: * — significance of differences between values of groups 1 and 2; * * — significance of differences between values of groups 1 and 3; *** — significance of differences between values of groups 2 and 3.
Table 3. Characteristics of the vitamin and mineral levels being outside the normal range in the comparison groups (%)
