Microelement composition of hair as a marker of comorbid conditions in children with gallstone disease living in ecologically unfavorable territories of the Krasnodar Territory

Abstract

To study the microelement composition of hair in children with gallstone disease living in an environmentally disadvantaged region of the Krasnodar Territory.
Material and methods. The study involved 44 children with gallstone disease and 35 healthy children. For the study, hair was taken from the parietal, frontal, temporal and occipital regions from the root along the entire length, and using microspectrometry with inductively coupled plasma, the Agilent 7500CE was used to determine the micro- and macroelement composition of hair in children of Krasnodar.
Results. The study revealed an imbalance in the macro- and microelement composition of hair in children with gallstone disease, namely the accumulation of molybdenum, cobalt and copper, a decrease in mercury, zinc, manganese.