with the proteic plasmatic appraisals of the control group , the knowledge of their biological value and after a statistical-mathematical analysis , the most sensitive , specific and independent proteins were determined for evaluating the nutritional and inflammatory condition , obtaining two simple formulas which were denominated nutritional-inflammatory prognostic indices ( nipi ) a and b ( nipi a = alpha-1-acid glycoprotein + haptoglobin/albumin + prealbumin ; nipi b = haptoglobin/albumin ) .
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proteins
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albumin