A study of blood total protein and albumin levels in psychiatric patients.
Statistical analyses showed that blood levels of albumin and total protein in psychiatric patients (N = 97) were significantly lower than those for the nonpsychiatric controls used to standardize the test values (N = 2,793). Levels did not differ as a function of discharge diagnosis. Thus, low blood total protein and albumin levels seem characteristic of the overall psychiatric inpatient population.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000097:blood*; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000097:blood; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D012712:Serum Globulins / Q000032:analysis
D001798:Blood Proteins; D012709:Serum Albumin; D012712:Serum Globulins