title: Vitamin nutritional status and immunocompetence of elderly in Perugia (Italy): an epidemiological approach.
abstract: The influence of the vitamin nutritional status on the immunocompetence of a group of elderly people in the city of Perugia has been investigated. The impairment of some immunological (humoral as well as innate and acquired cell-mediated) functions seemed to be mostly related to age. Statistically significant correlations between the complement component C4 and plasma levels of retinol as well as alpha-tocopherol and an inverse correlation between titers of IgG and plasma retinol have been observed (significance level alpha = 5%).
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Scienza dell'Alimentazione, Università degli Studi, Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fidanza
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sarchielli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lüdin
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schalch
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Weimann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000276:immunology*; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000502:physiology; D007121:Immunocompetence / Q000502:physiology*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D014815:Vitamins / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014815:Vitamins