Cholesterol concentration in serum-plasma pairs differs because of water shift from blood cells.doi:10.1093/clinchem/31.6.1096Ungaro BCorso GDello Russo AClinical Chemistry
Erythrocytes and platelets, anucleate blood cells with no significant capacity for cholesterol storage but with high capacity for diffusional exchange of cholesterol with plasma, have long been proposed to have a relationship to extracellular cholesterol that differs substantially from that of leukocytes (...
Because serum SHBG levels do not require timed sample collection, a proxy for insulin sensitivity can be evaluated within banked serum from an obstetrical cohort large enough to examine risk associated with a childhood outcome affecting 2% of the population [36, 41]. Study findings justify ...
As part of the renin–angiotensin system, ACE may be of interest because the renin–angiotensin system also partially regulates aldosterone secretion from the HPA-axis. Aldosterone and the renin–angiotensin system have been considered as potential biomarker and/or mediator in the pathophysiology of ...
The effect differs by sex and age, possibly because hypertension is closely associated with sex and age. Moreover, serum Se content increases with age, and the serum Se content is greater in men than in women of the same age [28, 29]. In addition, we used the 130/80 mmHg (SBP/DBP...
The global incidence of MM has been increasing, particularly among men, people aged 50 years or older, and those from high-income countries [3]. Because the first clinical symptoms may have nothing to do with blood system diseases, patients may be treated in orthopedics, nephrology, gastroentero...
As serum levels of VD are affected by latitude and longitude due to sun exposure and the climate difference [17], also, because of different genetic and cultural factors and obesity patterns [18], it seems that the association between BMI and serum levels of VD is different by region [7]...
(AUC = approximately 0.67–0.82)47; caffeine and its metabolites in blood (AUC = 0.78–0.98)48; polyamines such as spermine and spermidine in blood (AUC = 0.87–0.98)49; microRNAs (miRNAs), miR-137 and miR-124, recovered from plasma (AUC = 0.707 and 0.709, ...
Comparison of immune cell subsets including lymphocytes might also be needed to clarify whether the immune cell environment differs between the two groups. In conclusion, our study suggested that the clinical features and serum cytokine profiles of elderly-onset AOSD might differ from those of young ...
Because men have relatively lower serum leptin levels (6) and androgens have been shown to decrease leptin (8), the lower correlation between leptin and waist circumference in PCOS was thought to be due to the hyperandrogenemia. However, when serum leptin concentration was compared with serum ...