PMID- 2309640
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19900406
LR  - 20180330
IS  - 0002-9165 (Print)
IS  - 0002-9165 (Linking)
VI  - 51
IP  - 3
DP  - 1990 Mar
TI  - Albumin and labile-protein serum concentrations during very-low-calorie diets 
      with different compositions.
PG  - 338-42
AB  - Circulating concentrations of albumin and the labile proteins prealbumin (PA) and 
      retinol-binding protein (RBP) were evaluated over 20 d in five groups of obese 
      patients. The patients were given four types of very-low-calorie diets (VLCDs) 
      (less than 500 kcal/d) that provided different amounts of protein or carbohydrate 
      (CHO) plus protein and a conventional 1200-kcal/d hypocaloric diet. Serum albumin 
      concentrations did not vary significantly during any of the diets whereas PA and 
      RBP remained unchanged only during the conventional 1200-kcal/d diet. Similar and 
      significant decreases of serum PA and RBP were observed during the VLCDs studied. 
      The molar ratio of RBP to PA did not vary during dieting. Thus, when less than 
      500 kcal/d are given, changes of serum short-half-life visceral proteins are not 
      affected by either the addition of CHO to protein or the changes in protein 
      intake. Moreover, serum albumin concentration and RBP/PA do not vary during 
      VLCDs.
FAU - Scalfi, L
AU  - Scalfi L
AD  - Institute of Internal Medicine and Metabolic Diseases, 2nd Medical School, 
      Naples, Italy.
FAU - Laviano, A
AU  - Laviano A
FAU - Reed, L A
AU  - Reed LA
FAU - Borrelli, R
AU  - Borrelli R
FAU - Contaldo, F
AU  - Contaldo F
LA  - eng
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Controlled Clinical Trial
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Clin Nutr
JT  - The American journal of clinical nutrition
JID - 0376027
RN  - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates)
RN  - 0 (Dietary Proteins)
RN  - 0 (Prealbumin)
RN  - 0 (Retinol-Binding Proteins)
RN  - 0 (Serum Albumin)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Diet, Reducing
MH  - Dietary Carbohydrates/*administration & dosage
MH  - Dietary Proteins/*administration & dosage
MH  - Energy Intake
MH  - Energy Metabolism
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*blood/diet therapy
MH  - Prealbumin/*analysis
MH  - Retinol-Binding Proteins/*analysis
MH  - Serum Albumin/*analysis
MH  - Weight Loss
EDAT- 1990/03/01 00:00
MHDA- 1990/03/01 00:01
CRDT- 1990/03/01 00:00
PHST- 1990/03/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1990/03/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1990/03/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1093/ajcn/51.3.338 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Clin Nutr. 1990 Mar;51(3):338-42. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/51.3.338.