Serum lipids and neopterin as new biomarkers of malnutrition and inflammation in the elderly

Abstract

C-reaktivní protein, prealbumin, geriatrický pacient. Levels of serum lipids are influenced by malnutrition and inflammation.

The study aimed to find the relation of the lipidogram to positive and negative markers of inflammation in geriatric patients. Attention was paid to neopterin in urine as a non-protein positive bioindicator of inflammation.