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The relationship of laboratory parameters to dietary intake in a long-stay hospital
W J MacLennan1, N B Coombe, P Martin
1University of Southampton.
Age and Ageing
|November 1, 1975
Abstract:
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.