The relationship of laboratory parameters to dietary intake in a long-stay hospital.
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.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009752:Nutritional Status