Influence of smoking on the biolemmental status of young people

Authors

  • Yuliya V. Zhyltsova International Sakharov Environmental Institute, Belarusian State University
  • Bagila E. Turgunova Israeli Medical Center for Reproductive Medicine and Family Health
  • Komila B. Alayeva Pathomorphological laboratory «IPSUM Pathology»

Keywords:

Smoking, vaping, chemical elements, bioelement status, heavy metals, biological role of elements, hair, young people

Abstract

Data were obtained on the content of macro- and microelements in the organism of smoking and non-smoking young people aged 18-22. The results are important for the timely correction of the bioelement status of young people, for preserving and strengthening their health, and promoting a healthy lifestyle. It was found that the median concentrations for all studied elements (Ca, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cr, Pb, Cd и Hg) in the hair of smoking and non-smoking young people did not have statistical differences (p > 0.05). However, smoking young men were significantly more likely to have a deficiency of calcium (2 times, p = 0.05), manganese (1.05 times) and less likely to have a normal Fe content (1.1 times) than their non-smoking peers. Smoking girls were significantly more likely to have zinc deficiency (1.6 times) than non-smoking girls of the same age, whose calcium concentrations were 3.1 times more likely to be within the reference range. Smoking girls were significantly (p = 0.05) more likely to have an imbalance of elements such as Cu (excess), Fe (deficiency), Zn (deficiency) compared to smoking boys.

Author Biographies

  • Yuliya V. Zhyltsova, International Sakharov Environmental Institute, Belarusian State University

    PhD (biology); associate professor at the department of general biology and genetics.

  • Bagila E. Turgunova, Israeli Medical Center for Reproductive Medicine and Family Health

    laboratory doctor.

  • Komila B. Alayeva, Pathomorphological laboratory «IPSUM Pathology»

    laboratory doctor at the laboratory of pathomorphology.

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Published

2025-04-17

Issue

No. 1 (2025): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology

Section

Medical Ecology

How to Cite

[1]
Zhyltsova, Y. et al. 2025. Influence of smoking on the biolemmental status of young people. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology. 1 (Apr. 2025), 56–66.