Transthyretin and Nutritional Status in Critically Ill Adults on Parenteral Nutrition: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Marcela Almeida LindenRenata Germano Borges de Oliveira Nascimento FreitasLidiane Oliveira de Souza TelesAndré Moreno MorcilloMatthew Thomas FerreiraRoberto José Negrão NogueiraPublished in: Nutrients (2024)
Undoubtedly, the TTR measurement was inversely proportional to CRP measurements. It was possible to conclude in this follow-up cohort of hospitalized patients that TTR values were not useful for determining whether the patient was malnourished, predicting death or effectiveness of nutritional support, yet based upon our analyses, a decrease in TTR greater than 0.024 units for every 1 unit increase in CRP might be due to ineffective nutritional supply.