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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Serum Zinc and Adiponectin Levels in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Adjusted for Anthropometric, Biochemical, Dietary Intake, and Physical Activity Measures

Biological Trace Element Research volume 181, page 388 (2018)Cite this article

The authors retract this article. The authors have declared that the underlying data may not have been gathered and assessed correctly. The article also has significant statistical inconsistencies. The data reported in this article are therefore unreliable. Not all authors have responded to correspondence from the editor about this retraction.The online version of this article contains the full text of the retracted article as electronic supplementary material.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran

    Sahar Mazloomi & Seyedeh Neda Mousavi

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Metabolic Disease Research Center, Vali-e-Asr Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran

    Sahar Mazloomi

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vali-e-Asr Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran

    Narges Alizadeh

  4. Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, Faculty of Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran

    Majid Aminzare

  5. Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran

    Soudabeh Niroomand

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The authors retract this article. The authors have declared that the underlying data may not have been gathered and assessed correctly. The article also has significant statistical inconsistencies. The data reported in this article are therefore unreliable. Not all authors have responded to correspondence from the editor about this retraction. The online version of this article contains the full text of the retracted article as electronic supplementary material.

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Mazloomi, S., Alizadeh, N., Aminzare, M. et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Serum Zinc and Adiponectin Levels in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Adjusted for Anthropometric, Biochemical, Dietary Intake, and Physical Activity Measures. Biol Trace Elem Res 181, 388 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-017-0951-0

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Keywords

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
  • Serum Zinc
  • Adiponectin Levels
  • Physical Activity Measures
  • PCOS Patients