Patients with MSA had lower levels of albumin (42.56 ± 3.48 vs. 46.49 ± 2.64 g/L, p < 0.001), total cholesterol (4.31 ± 0.89 vs. 5.29 ± 0.94 mmol/L, p < 0.001) and lymphocytes (1.71 ± 0.50 vs. 2.01 ± 0.65 109/L, p < 0.001). This evidence concerns the gene ALB and multiple system atrophy.