Figures & data
Figure 1 Relationship of serum albumin concentration to relative risk of mortality for 50- to 69-year-old male life insurance applicants.
![Figure 1 Relationship of serum albumin concentration to relative risk of mortality for 50- to 69-year-old male life insurance applicants.](/cms/asset/4524c624-8e6a-4bc4-8924-6f1b5d757ec4/dijg_a_102819_f0001_b.jpg)
Table 1 Selected normal values for serum albumin, absolute and fractional plasma synthesis rates, and plasma and total body distribution of albumin
Table 2 Human pathological albumin fractional turnover, absolute synthesis rates, and albumin plasma and total body distribution
Table 3 Acute changes in albumin synthesis rates in normal human subjects
Figure 2 Plot of albumin synthesis versus serum albumin (both normalized to the normal values) for subjects with acute and chronic liver disease.
![Figure 2 Plot of albumin synthesis versus serum albumin (both normalized to the normal values) for subjects with acute and chronic liver disease.](/cms/asset/60b9e2ad-6cfd-4012-9cd4-fa338d6be21d/dijg_a_102819_f0002_b.jpg)
Figure 3 Plot of the clearance of antipyrine (black), indocyanine green (red), or aminopyrine (blue) versus serum albumin (normalized to the normal value).
![Figure 3 Plot of the clearance of antipyrine (black), indocyanine green (red), or aminopyrine (blue) versus serum albumin (normalized to the normal value).](/cms/asset/d6e24aeb-c90d-4205-8608-a84a5e2cc857/dijg_a_102819_f0003_c.jpg)
Figure 4 Plot of either the total albumin synthesis rate relative to normal (red) or the urinary albumin excretion relative to total synthesis (black) versus the urinary albumin excretion in a series of nephrotic syndrome patients with varied diagnoses and no obvious liver disease.
![Figure 4 Plot of either the total albumin synthesis rate relative to normal (red) or the urinary albumin excretion relative to total synthesis (black) versus the urinary albumin excretion in a series of nephrotic syndrome patients with varied diagnoses and no obvious liver disease.](/cms/asset/5fc6b283-5347-4ac7-8a53-6a8788c80e50/dijg_a_102819_f0004_c.jpg)
Figure 5 Plot of either the total albumin synthesis rate relative to normal (red) or the urinary albumin excretion relative to total synthesis (black) versus the serum albumin relative to normal.
![Figure 5 Plot of either the total albumin synthesis rate relative to normal (red) or the urinary albumin excretion relative to total synthesis (black) versus the serum albumin relative to normal.](/cms/asset/8d435e9e-db2b-4c2f-94e9-8af37383eb18/dijg_a_102819_f0005_c.jpg)
Figure 6 Plot of serum albumin versus the percent of an intravenous dose of 51Cr-labelled albumin collected over 4 days of stool sampling in 50 control subjects and 130 patients with hypoalbuminemia and no obvious liver or renal disease.
![Figure 6 Plot of serum albumin versus the percent of an intravenous dose of 51Cr-labelled albumin collected over 4 days of stool sampling in 50 control subjects and 130 patients with hypoalbuminemia and no obvious liver or renal disease.](/cms/asset/e871ca7d-9a14-48b7-98f7-5448c6a9a438/dijg_a_102819_f0006_b.jpg)
Figure 7 Plot of the percent of plasma albumin that is synthesized/day versus the percent of plasma albumin that is excreted into the GI tract/day in subjects with increased GI albumin clearance and hypoalbuminemia.
Abbreviation: GI, gastrointestinal.
![Figure 7 Plot of the percent of plasma albumin that is synthesized/day versus the percent of plasma albumin that is excreted into the GI tract/day in subjects with increased GI albumin clearance and hypoalbuminemia.](/cms/asset/542f05af-5f0c-489e-98b6-25f763f1f974/dijg_a_102819_f0007_b.jpg)
Figure 8 Distribution of all serum albumin concentrations measured in a single day at the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Hospital for outpatients and inpatients.
![Figure 8 Distribution of all serum albumin concentrations measured in a single day at the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Hospital for outpatients and inpatients.](/cms/asset/4261079f-8b3c-4fa3-a18b-df6eea4ca1ed/dijg_a_102819_f0008_b.jpg)
Figure S1 Schematic diagram of the two different compartmental models.
Notes: I(t): input to system as function of time t; Mi(t): amount of solute in compartment i; ki: rate constant for excretion from compartment i; kij: rate constant for exchange from compartment i to compartment j; Q: amount of excretion.
![Figure S1 Schematic diagram of the two different compartmental models.Notes: I(t): input to system as function of time t; Mi(t): amount of solute in compartment i; ki: rate constant for excretion from compartment i; kij: rate constant for exchange from compartment i to compartment j; Q: amount of excretion.](/cms/asset/7697bab0-48e7-4ecb-b8d1-e8b6bda527e0/dijg_a_102819_sf0001_b.jpg)