Citation

Rapin CH, Lagier R. Z. Rheumatol. 1989; 48(4): 175-181.

Affiliation

Institution Universitaires de Gériatrie (CESCO), University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2800734

Abstract

Fifteen blood parameters were studied in 73 men and 97 women divided into four groups: 66 blood donors; 36 aged subjects with various cerebral, cardiovascular or infectious illnesses; 43 patients with femoral neck fracture; 25 patients with severe hip osteoarthrosis. The parameters measured were: serum total proteins, albumin, total, alpha 1, alpha 2, beta and gamma globulins, total calcium, phosphates, alkaline phosphatase, creatinine, bilirubin, hemoglobin, 25 OHD3 and 1.25(OH)2D3. Each group differed significantly from the others, with regard to age and also to pathological conditions. Among the more discriminant variables, albumin was retained as the main parameter reflecting the nutritional status related to skeleton quality. Significantly higher albumin values were found for the hip osteoarthrosis patients (i.e., in a condition associated with well known bone solidity).

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