Comparative blood chemical data related to aging, femoral neck fracture and hip osteoarthrosis
Rapin, C.H.; Lagier, R.
Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie 48(4): 175-181
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0340-1855 PMID: 2800734 Document Number: 330663
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, creatinin, bilirubin, hemoglobin, 25OHD3 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).