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Plasma zinc‐serum albumin correlation: relevance to assessment of zinc status in humans
Author(s) -
McMILLAN EUAN M.,
ROWE DAVID J. F.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1982.tb02483.x
Subject(s) - zinc , albumin , correlation , medicine , clinical significance , serum albumin , zinc deficiency (plant disorder) , chemistry , mathematics , geometry , organic chemistry
Summary Plasma zinc and serum albumin were measured in an ostensibly healthy group of volunteers. Calculation of the correlation coefficient showed a small but significant correlation between plasma zinc and serum albumin in the total group studied ( r = 0·35, P <0·05), The results indicate that in healthy individuals there is a small but significant correlation between serum filbumin and plasma zinc, but the low degree of correlation would suggest that there are other variables affecting plasma zinc in health. However, the demonstration of this correlation suggests that additional information may be obtained in studies of zinc status by concomitant serum albumin measurement.