Serum Albumin Levels and Economic Status in Japanese Older Adults.

Low serum albumin levels are associated with aging and medical conditions such as cancer, liver dysfunction, inflammation, and malnutrition and might be an independent predictor of long-term mortality in healthy older populations. We tested the hypothesis that economic status is associated with seru...

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Main Authors: Asami Ota, Naoki Kondo, Nobuko Murayama, Naohito Tanabe, Yugo Shobugawa, Katsunori Kondo, Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4898757?pdf=render