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2-oxoglutaric acidFinding

2-oxoglutaric acid decreases serum albumin

lowersVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Transthyretin decreased by 25% in both groups, and albumin decreased significantly in the enriched group compared with the standard nutrition.”
Quoted verbatim from Alpha-ketoglutarate-supplemented enteral nutrition: effects on postoperative nitrogen balance and muscle catabolism.
This finding among the 10 findings on its endpoint

2-oxoglutaric acid

Serum albumin

lowers

Who
Patients after elective abdominal surgery receiving enteral nutrition for 5 days; both arms received enteral nutrition, the intervention arm's solution enriched with alpha-ketoglutarate
Dose studied
alpha-ketoglutarate enrichment of enteral formula, 5 days postoperatively; amount not stated in abstract

Very limited evidencePMID 12297206 · 2002

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
5 days

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limited
  • very limitedthis finding
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M71HGYJJWRV6QJ4NPNY7SJRM