**Mineral Components in Aneurysms**

Katarzyna Socha and Maria H. Borawska

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**1. Introduction** 

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Some studies reported imbalance of mineral components in patients with aneurysms [1-5]. The single available scientific reports from recent years describe the effect of certain dietary factors on the risk of aneurysm, such as eating high-cholesterol, fatty meat, alcohol consumption, inadequate intake of fruits and vegetables and also smoking. According to the authors of these papers it results in an increased incidence of aortic and cerebral aneurysms [6-9].

The objective of our research was investigation the relationships between content of selected mineral components: magnesium (Mg), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), selenium (Se), lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) and dietary habits and smoking in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and cerebral aneurysm (CA). We compared the status of examined elements in patients with aneurysm and healthy people in similar age (control group).
