TABLE 4.
Nutritional assessment battery.
| Sample Type |
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|---|---|---|
| Nutritional Analysis | Blood | Urine |
| Body mass and composition | ||
| Body weight | ||
| Lean body mass | ||
| Protein status | ||
| Retinol binding protein | X | |
| Transthyretin | X | |
| Serum protein electrophoresis | X | |
| Total protein | X | |
| Album | X | |
| Alpha 1 | X | |
| Alpha 2 | X | |
| Beta | X | |
| Gamma | X | |
| 3-Methylhistidine | X | |
| Calcium/bone status | ||
| 25-Hydroxyvitamin D | X | |
| 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D | X | |
| Vitamin D binding protein | X | |
| Intact parathyroid hormone | X | |
| Osteocalcin | X | |
| Calcium | X | X |
| Alkaline phosphatase | X | |
| Ionized calcium | X | |
| Osteoprotegerin/OPG ligand | X | X |
| Urinary N-telopeptide | X | |
| Urinary pyridinoline | X | |
| Urinary deoxypyridinoline | X | |
| Helical peptide | X | |
| C-telopeptide | X | |
| Bone-specific alkaline phosphatase | X | |
| Undercarboxylated osteocalcin | X | |
| Antioxidant status | ||
| Total antioxidant capacity | X | |
| Superoxide dismutase | X | |
| Glutathione peroxidase | X | |
| 8-OH deoxyguanosine | X | |
| Protein carbonyls | X | |
| Glutathione (reduced and oxidized) | X | |
| Heme | X | |
| PGF2-a | X | |
| Malondialdehyde | X | |
| Total lipid peroxides | X | |
| Fat-soluble vitamin status | ||
| Retinol | X | |
| Retinyl palmitate | X | |
| β-Carotene | X | |
| α-Carotene | X | |
| Serum phylloquinone | X | |
| Urinary γ-carboxyglutamic acid | X | |
| α -Tocopherol | X | |
| γ -Tocopherol | X | |
| Tocopherol–lipid rate | X | |
| Water-soluble vitamin status | ||
| Erythrocyte transketolase stimulation | X | |
| Erythrocyte glutathione reductase activity | X | |
| Erythrocyte NAD/NADP | X | |
| Urinary N-methyl nicotinamide | X | |
| Urinary 2-pyridone | X | |
| Erythrocyte transaminase activity | X | |
| Urinary 4-pyridoxic acid | X | |
| Red cell folate | X | |
| Serum folate | X | |
| Vitamin C | X | |
| B6 metabolites (PLP, PL, and PA) | ||
| Homocysteine and related metabolites | ||
| Iron status | ||
| Hemoglobin | X | |
| Hematocrit | X | |
| Mean corpuscular volume | X | |
| Transferrin receptors | X | |
| Transferrin | X | |
| Ferritin | X | |
| Ferritin iron | X | |
| X | ||
| Mineral status | X | |
| Mineral profile | ||
| Iron | X | |
| Zinc | X | X |
| Selenium | X | X |
| Iodine | X | X |
| Ceruloplasmin | X | |
| Phosphorus | X | X |
| Magnesium | X | X |
| General | ||
| AST | X | |
| ALT | X | |
| Sodium | X | |
| Potassium | X | |
| Chloride | X | |
| Cholesterol | X | |
| HDL and LDL | X | |
| Triglyceride | X | |
| Creatinine | X | X |
| Urinary creatinine | ||
| IGF-1 | X | |
| Testosterone (free/total) | X | |
| Cortisol | X | |
| Leptin | X | |
| Cytokines (TNF- α, IL-1β, etc.) | X | |
| Fibrinogen | X | |
| C-reactive protein | X | |
| DHEA/DHEA-s | X | |
| Estradiol | X | |
| Total lipids | X | |
| pH | X | X |