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MANFRED ANKE AN. R. ACAD. NAC. FARM.

In adult humans (Table 11), the vanadium content of the organs
analyzed was not affected by gender and corresponded to that of the
animal species investigated. However, from babies and toddlers to
people of age 89, the vanadium content in kidneys, prostate glands
and ribs decreases significantly to between 10 and 30% of the amount
registered in babies (Table 11). Both sexes show vanadium depletion
by the time of the onset of puberty. The vanadium content in the
liver has been found the only one not affected by age (from birth till
89 years) (12, 14).

TABLE 11. Influence of age and sex on the vanadium concentration in human
ribs (µg/kg dry matter)

Age in years Women Men Fp %1
(n; n) s x xs

< 1 (4;3) 78 104 416 564 > 0.05 400
1 – 3 (3;8) 23 24 51 34 212
4 – 10 (2;6) 6.7 27 32 18 119
11 – 20 (2;5) 20 29 22 7.1
21 – 30 (4;2) 44 37 12 15 76
31 – 40 (5;2) 14 18 32 26 32
41 – 50 (5;6) 15 21 23 18 178
51 – 60 (5;7) 14 28 16 13 110
61 – 70 (4;6) 33 42 27 13 57
71 – 80 (8;6) 23 24 29 22 64
> 80 (9;7) 18 26 37 23 121
142
Fp < 0.05 < 0.01

%2 25 8.9

Fp = significance level in one factorial or multiple variance analysis. 1 women =
100%, men = x %. 2 < 1 year = 100%, > 80 years = x %.

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