3-Methylhistidine/Creatinine Ratio in Urine from Low-Birth-Weight Infants
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
- Vol. 32 (1) , 44-51
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000177391
Abstract
Single urine voidings were collected twice a week in the clinical course of 12 low-birth-weight infants (gestational age: 31.8 ± 2.8 weeks; birth weight: 1,383 ± 308 g) and analyzed for 3-methylhistidine and creatinine. The mean 3-methylhistidine/creatinine ratio for 6 healthy, well-fed, growing low-birth-weight infants was 20.2 ± 1.9 µmol/mmol. In the clinical course of single individuals a rise of urinary 3-methylhistidine/creatinine ratio was observed in cases of acute infection and/or low energy supply (Keywords
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