Adrenal function and ascorbic acid concentrations in elderly women.

B Dubin; W J MacLennan; J C Hamilton

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Adrenal function and ascorbic acid concentrations in elderly women.

B Dubin·W J MacLennan·J C Hamilton

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Tetracosactrin (Synacthen) tests were performed on 19 elderly women who had leucocyte ascorbic acid (LAA) levels of less than 15 microgram/108 WBC. 9 were then given a daily dose of 200 mg ascorbic acid orally for 2 weeks while the other 10 were left untreated. Following this, tetracosactrin tests were repeated in both groups. All initial plasm cortisol responses to tetracosactrin were within normal limits. Treatment with ascorbic acid produced no changes in these. This suggests that the low LAA levels often found in old people do not result in adrenal insufficiency.

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B Dubin, W J MacLennan, J C Hamilton. 1978. Adrenal function and ascorbic acid concentrations in elderly women.. https://doi.org/10.1159/000212287

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