[Effect of starvation on blood protein levels in the population of Dobrinja (1992-1995)].
In nutritional protein deficiency, numerous studies verified utilization of amino acids generated from tissue degradation in intensive protein synthesis. Unlike liver, muscle protein synthesis is extremely dependent on external supplies of essential amino acids. Prolonged nutritional protein deficiency results in decrease of body weight as well as total protein concentration, in particular in early days of starvation. In prolonged starvation during the war, significant decrease of body weight was registered in 70 subjects while their total protein concentration remained within the expected range and did not significantly differ the values recorded in the control group. Concentration of serum albumines in the control group was lower than the concentration recorded in the tested group, while the serum globulins concentration was higher in the control group. Although the difference in body weight between the tested and the control group was statistically significant, no significant difference in the concentration of total proteins, albumines and globulines was recorded.
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Odsjek za biologiju, Prirodno-matematicki fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu.
D000328:Adult; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000097:blood; D013217:Starvation / Q000097:blood*
D001798:Blood Proteins