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Assessment of the Association Between Anthropometric Indices Related to Overweight and Obesity and Selected Trace Elements and Heavy Metals: A Cross-Sectional Study

by
Grzegorz Józef Nowicki
1,
Anna Maria Cybulska
2,*,
Maciej Polak
3,
Elżbieta Grochans
2,
Romuald Bohatyrewicz
4,
Eliza Blicharska
5,
Tomasz Czernecki
6,
Agnieszka Adamczuk
7,
Magdalena Łapot
8 and
Barbara Ślusarska
1
1
Department of Family and Geriatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, Staszica 6 Str., 20-059 Lublin, Poland
2
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Żołnierska 48 Str., 71-210 Szczecin, Poland
3
Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Skawińska 8 Str., 31-066 Krakow, Poland
4
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Unii Lubelskiej 1 Str., 71-252 Szczecin, Poland
5
Department of Pathobiochemistry and Interdisciplinary Applications of Ion Chromatography, Medical University of Lublin, Chodźki 1 Str., 20-093 Lublin, Poland
6
6 Department of Biotechnology, Microbiology and Human Nutrition, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13 Str., 20-950 Lublin, Poland
7
7 Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna 4 Str., 20-290 Lublin, Poland
8
Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Mazovian Academy in Płock, Pl. Dąbrowskiego 2 Str., 09-402 Płock, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nutrients 2025, 17(19), 3141; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17193141 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 15 July 2025 / Revised: 29 September 2025 / Accepted: 30 September 2025 / Published: 30 September 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Nutrients in Obesity and Related Metabolic Diseases: A Focus on Adipose Tissue)
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Abstract

Introduction: Over the last two decades, obesity has evolved into a global pandemic. Environmental pollutants, as endocrine disruptors, may play a key role in the development of obesity. The study aimed to assess the relationship between the concentration of certain trace elements and heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Mn, Co, Cr and Fe) and ferritin in blood serum, with anthropometric and physiological parameters associated with overweight and obesity in individuals following myocardial infarction and without a previous myocardial infarction. Method: The study was conducted in a group of 146 respondents divided into two groups: a study group (SG) of patients that had a history of myocardial infarction (n = 74) and a control group (CG) of patients that had no history (n = 72). The inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry was employed to assess the concentration of trace elements and heavy metals. Measurements were taken to determine the anthropometric indices associated with overweight and obesity. Results: In the SG, there was a positive correlation between Cr concentration and body adiposity index (BAI) and a negative correlation between Zn, Zn/Cu, and ferritin level and percentage body fat (FM%). In the CG, there was a positive correlation between Zn concentration and WHtR and between ferritin level and BMI, WC, WHR and WHtR. Additionally, a negative correlation was found between Mn concentration and WHR and ferritin level and BAI and FM%. Conclusions: This study found a link between certain blood concentrations of trace elements and heavy metals and anthropometric and physiological indices associated with overweight and obesity. It, therefore, has substantial implications for public health.
Keywords: trace elements; heavy metals; ferritin; overweight; obesity trace elements; heavy metals; ferritin; overweight; obesity

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Nowicki, G.J.; Cybulska, A.M.; Polak, M.; Grochans, E.; Bohatyrewicz, R.; Blicharska, E.; Czernecki, T.; Adamczuk, A.; Łapot, M.; Ślusarska, B. Assessment of the Association Between Anthropometric Indices Related to Overweight and Obesity and Selected Trace Elements and Heavy Metals: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients 2025, 17, 3141. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17193141

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Nowicki GJ, Cybulska AM, Polak M, Grochans E, Bohatyrewicz R, Blicharska E, Czernecki T, Adamczuk A, Łapot M, Ślusarska B. Assessment of the Association Between Anthropometric Indices Related to Overweight and Obesity and Selected Trace Elements and Heavy Metals: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients. 2025; 17(19):3141. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17193141

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Nowicki, Grzegorz Józef, Anna Maria Cybulska, Maciej Polak, Elżbieta Grochans, Romuald Bohatyrewicz, Eliza Blicharska, Tomasz Czernecki, Agnieszka Adamczuk, Magdalena Łapot, and Barbara Ślusarska. 2025. "Assessment of the Association Between Anthropometric Indices Related to Overweight and Obesity and Selected Trace Elements and Heavy Metals: A Cross-Sectional Study" Nutrients 17, no. 19: 3141. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17193141

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Nowicki, G. J., Cybulska, A. M., Polak, M., Grochans, E., Bohatyrewicz, R., Blicharska, E., Czernecki, T., Adamczuk, A., Łapot, M., & Ślusarska, B. (2025). Assessment of the Association Between Anthropometric Indices Related to Overweight and Obesity and Selected Trace Elements and Heavy Metals: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients, 17(19), 3141. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17193141

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