Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42614681›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of public health2026

Plasma levels of zinc, selenium, and copper among incarcerated men in Switzerland.

Marie Bettex, Audrey Dettwiler, Bastien Trachsel, Constantin Bondolfi, Julia Spaltenstein, Mette M Berger, Aurélien Thomas, Sébastien Lenglet, Serge Rezzi, Nadia Fucina and 3 more

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Marie BettexUnisanté, University Center for Primary Care and Public Health, Lausanne, Switzerland & University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Audrey DettwilerUnisanté, University Center for Primary Care and Public Health, Lausanne, Switzerland & University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Bastien TrachselUnisanté, University Center for Primary Care and Public Health, Lausanne, Switzerland & University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Constantin BondolfiUnisanté, University Center for Primary Care and Public Health, Lausanne, Switzerland & University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Julia SpaltensteinUnisanté, University Center for Primary Care and Public Health, Lausanne, Switzerland & University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mette M BergerUniversite de Lausanne Faculte de Biologie et de Medecine, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Aurélien ThomasUnit of Forensic Toxicology and Chemistry, CURML, Lausanne and Geneva University Hospitals, Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland.
Sébastien LengletUnit of Forensic Toxicology and Chemistry, CURML, Lausanne and Geneva University Hospitals, Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland.
Serge RezziSwiss Nutrition and Health Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Nadia FucinaService of Prison Medicine and Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Didier DelessertService of Prison Medicine and Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Patrick BodenmannUnisanté, University Center for Primary Care and Public Health, Lausanne, Switzerland & University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Murielle BochudUnisanté, University Center for Primary Care and Public Health, Lausanne, Switzerland & University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Incarcerated people carry many health problems. While prisons provide structured healthcare and meals, micronutrient status remains unclear. We assessed plasma zinc, selenium, and copper status in incarcerated men in Vaud (French-speaking canton in Switzerland) and explored prevention-relevant patterns. Methods: Cross-sectional study (May-September 2023) of incarcerated men in three prisons. Participants (n = 206) completed a health-related questionnaire and provided venous blood. Plasma trace elements were measured by inductively coupled-plasma-mass spectrometry. Associations with individual characteristics were examined and differences between-prisons were assessed. Micronutrient concentrations were compared with community-men, adjusting for age and body mass index. Results: Prevalence of men with micronutrient plasma level below the normal range did not differ between incarcerated and community men. Adjusted means showed modestly lower selenium and higher zinc and copper in men experiencing incarceration. Within prisons, lower selenium was associated with older age, lower pre-incarceration income, and smoking. Zinc was lower with age and in one facility. Conclusion: Overall micronutrient status was reassuring, yet the heterogeneity, possibly reflecting individual vulnerabilities and institutional conditions, supports continued, facility-aware monitoring to identify at-risk groups and protect health.

Indexed as

CopperPrisonersSeleniumZincAdultCross-Sectional StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNutritional StatusSwitzerlandCopperSeleniumZincmalemicronutrient statusnutritionplasmaprisonsselenium deficiency

Identifiers

PMID42614681
PMCPMC13482155

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.