To calrify the presence of a relationship between erythrocyte sedimentation rate and plasma proteins in pulumonary tuberculosis, determination of plasma protein fraction of 75 patients was carried out by the electrophoretic method, extending to a total of 153 times.
The results obtained are as follows:
1) Erythrocyte sedimentation rates are significantly correlative with albumin, total globulin, fibrinogen and γ-globulin, and are not correlative with total plasma protein.
2) α-Globulin and β-globulin are not correlative with erythrocyte sedimentation rates, but they are significantly correlative with common logarithm of erythrocyte sedimentation rates.
3) It is presumed that erythrocyte sedimentation rates are determined by the combination of relative plasma protein fractions.
