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The effect of acute illness on leucocyte and plasma ascorbic acid levels
The British Journal of Nutrition
|September 1, 1977
Abstract:
1. Serial estimations of plasma (PAA) and leucocyte (LAA) ascorbic acid concentrations were made in geriatric patients in a stable phase of their illness, and compared with a similar ('unstable') group suffering from acute illness. 2. In the 'unstable' group, though PAA levels were unchanged, LAA levels were reduced. 3. The 'follow-up' period of 7-8 d there was much greater variation in both PAA and LAA levels in the 'unstable' group. 4. Acute illness was often accompanied by an increase and then a decrease in LAA levels. Recovery was associated with an increase in LAA levels.