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Serum albumin, a protein measured by a common lab test, has a large inverse relation with mortality.
Why?
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In very old people, albumin was a more important risk marker than traditional risk factors such as HDL, LDL, and HbA1c.
https://t.co/1wolLynI1O
"serum albumin concentration is inversely related to mortality risk in a graded manner over its entire range"
in both healthy people and those with acute or chronic
But, low albumin is NOT a consequence of normal aging.
So, what's going
While there are suggestions that low albumin is a sign of undetected illness...
albumin is also associated with loss of muscle
Why?
Thread👇
In very old people, albumin was a more important risk marker than traditional risk factors such as HDL, LDL, and HbA1c.
https://t.co/1wolLynI1O
"serum albumin concentration is inversely related to mortality risk in a graded manner over its entire range"
in both healthy people and those with acute or chronic
But, low albumin is NOT a consequence of normal aging.
So, what's going
While there are suggestions that low albumin is a sign of undetected illness...
albumin is also associated with loss of muscle