Inter- and intrasubject variation in diazepam free fraction. 1979

J G Abel, and E M Sellers, and C A Naranjo, and J Shaw, and D Kadar, and M K Romach

The extent of intersubject variation in diazepam free fraction was measured in fasting plasma of 74 unrelated subjects. Free fraction differences between subjects were significant and ranged from 0.97% to 1.99%. Diazepam free fraction in 29 males was normally distributed about a mean of 1.25% (range, 1.05% to 1.47%), but the distribution in females was skewed to higher free fractions and 40% had values above the highest in males. Albumin concentration (r = -0.27, p less than 0.002) and age (r = 0.44, p less than 0.001) only accounted for a small part of the variation. Within-pair variances were not greater in 11 dizygotic than in 18 monozygotic twin pairs, indicating a greater contribution of environmental than of genetic factors to diazepam binding. The prehemodialysis free fractions of diazepam in 9 uremic patients ranged from 3.44% to 6.69%, and decreased (p less than 0.005) in 7 after 6 hr of hemodialysis. In 10 subjects determination of intrasubject variation in diazepam free fraction between 14-hr fasting and 2-hr postprandial plasma samples indicated that because subjects differ in their pattern of change in free fraction (p less than 0.001), the overall decrease in mean free fraction did not achieve statistical significance (p = 0.10). The mean relative percent change in free fraction within subjects after feeding was 15.2%.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D008967 Molecular Biology A discipline concerned with studying biological phenomena in terms of the chemical and physical interactions of molecules. Biochemical Genetics,Biology, Molecular,Genetics, Biochemical,Genetics, Molecular,Molecular Genetics,Biochemical Genetic,Genetic, Biochemical,Genetic, Molecular,Molecular Genetic
D010641 Phenotype The outward appearance of the individual. It is the product of interactions between genes, and between the GENOTYPE and the environment. Phenotypes
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011485 Protein Binding The process in which substances, either endogenous or exogenous, bind to proteins, peptides, enzymes, protein precursors, or allied compounds. Specific protein-binding measures are often used as assays in diagnostic assessments. Plasma Protein Binding Capacity,Binding, Protein
D003975 Diazepam A benzodiazepine with anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, sedative, muscle relaxant, and amnesic properties and a long duration of action. Its actions are mediated by enhancement of GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID activity. 7-Chloro-1,3-dihydro-1-methyl-5-phenyl-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one,Apaurin,Diazemuls,Faustan,Relanium,Seduxen,Sibazon,Stesolid,Valium
D005260 Female Females
D006435 Renal Dialysis Therapy for the insufficient cleansing of the BLOOD by the kidneys based on dialysis and including hemodialysis, PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, and HEMODIAFILTRATION. Dialysis, Extracorporeal,Dialysis, Renal,Extracorporeal Dialysis,Hemodialysis,Dialyses, Extracorporeal,Dialyses, Renal,Extracorporeal Dialyses,Hemodialyses,Renal Dialyses

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