Study on the Correlation of Urinary Leaden Levels and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Truta, Elena; Davitoiu, Ana Maria; Jinescu, George; Mitu, Ana Mihaela; Caragea, Genica; Ionica, Mihai; Stanciulescu, Elena Luminita

Elena Truta, Ana Maria Davitoiu, George Jinescu, Ana Mihaela Mitu, Genica Caragea, Mihai Ionica, Elena Luminita Stanciulescu

Study on the Correlation of Urinary Leaden Levels and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Abstract:

The study on the correlation of urinary leaden levels and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was conducted during 2013 - 2014 and included 50 children from orphanage “SOS Children’s Villages” Bucharest divided in two groups: group A included 25 children (12 boys and 13 girls) without an attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder syndrome (ADHD) diagnose and group B included 25 children (14 boys and 11 girls) diagnosed with ADHD. Toxicology Laboratory of Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest made leaden determinations using Graphite Tube Atomic Absorbtion technique. The average of leaden level determined in both groups was [ 2mg/L, values under the maximum permissible limit ([ 10 mg/L). The leaden averages in the two groups do not differ significantly. Children in the study, regardless of the group they were assigned to, were cared for and educated in the same social and ambient environment, coming into contact with the same pollutants from water, air and food, but some have developed ADHD symptoms and others have not been diagnosed with ADHD. The study was unable to establish connection between values and leaden presence of ADHD symptoms.

Keywords:
lead; attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder syndrome; graphite Tube Atomic Absorbtion Spectrometry

Issue: 2016, Volume 67, Issue 4

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