The relationship between plasma amino acids and circulating albumin and haemoglobin in postabsorptive stroke patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This retrospective study had two main aims: (1) to document possible correlations between plasma Amino Acids (AAs) and circulating Albumin (Alb) and Haemoglobin (Hb); and (2) to identify which AAs were predictors of Alb and Hb.

Methods

The study considered 125 stroke subjects (ST) (61.6% males; 65.6 +/- 14.9 years) who met the eligibility criteria (absence of co morbidities associated with altered plasma AAs and presence of plasma AAs determined after overnight fasting). Fifteen matched healthy subjects with measured plasma AAs served as controls.

Results

The best correlations of Alb were with tryptophan (Trp) and histidine (His) (r = + 0.53; p < 0.0001), and those of Hb were with histidine (r = +0.47) and Essential AAs (r = +0.47) (both p<0.0001). In multi

SUBMITTER: Aquilani R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6693779 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature