Review Article
The Insulin-Like Growth Factor System and Nutritional Assessment
Table 2
Features of the ideal protein-energy marker.
| Short biological half life | Exists primarily within an accessible body fluid | Limited homeostatic regulation | Constant rate of catabolism | Uninfluenced by vitamin or mineral status | Uninfluenced by pathology other than malnutrition | Measurement simple, cheap, and available locally |
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