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Use of Thyroxine‐binding Prealbumin in the Nutritional Assessment of Children with Cancer
Author(s) -
Coody Deborah,
Carr Diane,
Van Eys Jan,
Carter Patricia,
Ramirez Irma,
Taylor Grant
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607183007002151
Subject(s) - transthyretin , medicine , disease , malnutrition , cancer , pediatrics , population , gastroenterology , endocrinology , environmental health
The level of thyroxine‐binding prealbumin was evaluated in 87 pediatric cancer patients ages 1 through 16 years whose cancer was newly diagnosed but untreated, and 39 children with benign disease or no disease. There was no difference in levels of thyroxine‐binding prealbumin between the patients with either malignant or benign disease, nor was there a difference between diagnostic categories. Prealbumin values did correlate with age. When the data were compared, there was a correlation between nutritional status and prealbumin level when the total population ( N = 126) was age corrected, but not within the malignant disease group by itself. This confirms data that suggest malnutrition in children with cancer is not a result of protein depletion.