| Increased albumin Dehydration Decreased albumin Chronic cachectic or wasting diseases Chronic infections Hemorrhage, burns, or protein-losing enteropathies Impaired liver function resulting from decreased synthesis of albumin Malnutrition Nephrotic syndrome Pregnancy Increased alpha1 globulins Pregnancy Decreased alpha1 globulins Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency Increased alpha2 globulins Adrenal insufficiency Adrenocorticosteroid therapy Advanced diabetes mellitus Nephrotic syndrome Decreased alpha2 globulins Malnutrition Megaloblastic anemia Protein-losing enteropathies Severe liver disease Wilson’s disease | Increased beta1 or beta2 globulins Biliary cirrhosis Carcinoma (sometimes) Cushing’s disease Diabetes mellitus (some cases) Hypothyroidism Iron deficiency anemia Malignant hypertension Nephrosis Polyarteritis nodosa Obstructive jaundice Third-trimester pregnancy Decreased beta1 or beta2 globulins Protein malnutrition Increased gamma globulins Amyloidosis Chronic infections (granulomatous diseases) Chronic lymphocytic leukemia Cirrhosis Hodgkin’s disease Malignant lymphoma Multiple myeloma Rheumatoid and collagen diseases (connective tissue disorders) Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia Decreased gamma globulins Agammaglobulinemia Hypogammaglobulinemia |