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Therefore, the disease attributed to hookworm is silent blood loss leading to iron deficiency anemia and protein malnutrition.
Some studies suggest that dialysis patients with low LDL cholesterol levels have increased risk of mortality vs. those with higher LDL cholesterol levels [ 24 ] . LDL cholesterol and conventional cardiac risk factors are insensitive predictors of CAD in this population [ 25 ] , and may reflect the high frequency of malnutrition [ 26 ] and established cardiovascular disease [ 27 ] . In our study, albumin remained stable as LDL cholesterol levels declined.
In a study of children with protein-energy malnutrition, Decsi and coworkers [ 23 ] used product/substrate ratios of fatty acids in serum phospholipids to speculate that children with protein-energy malnutrition have a reduced level of Δ5-desaturase activity compared to well-nourished children.
The Global Burden of Disease Database, maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO), collects data from countries around the world on risk factors such as tobacco, malnutrition, childhood abuse, unsafe sex, childbirth, and cholesterol levels, as well as on disease burdens, for example depression, blindness, and diarrhea.
Heavy drinkers also are at risk of malnutrition because alcohol contains calories that may substitute for those in more nutritious foods.