THE RELATIONSHIP OF LABORATORY PARAMETERS TO DIETARY INTAKE IN A LONG-STAY HOSPITAL
- 1 November 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Age and Ageing
- Vol. 4 (4) , 189-194
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/4.4.189
Abstract
The dietary intakes of 98 long-stay geriatric patients were measured. These were compared with blood levels of thiamine, pyridoxine, folic acid, ascorbic acid, calcium, phosphate, potassium and albumin. Low leucocyte ascorbic-acid levels were associated with a low intake of ascorbic acid. There was no association between any of the other dietary and laboratory parameters of nutrition. The reasons and significance of these findings are discussed.Keywords
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