Table 2.

Plasma amino-acid concentration

	Plasma concentration, μM
Amino acid	Patients (n = 141)		Controls (n = 423)		p value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Thr	115.6	28.6	115.9	25.4	0.92
Ser	117.1	19.9	111.4	17.9	0.003
Asn	45.1	8.2	44.8	7.2	0.72
Glu	46.7	19.4	45.7	19.5	0.60
Gln	580.5	93.3	587.9	83.5	0.40
Pro	168.0	43.6	150.9	41.4	< 0.001
Gly	263.6	63.2	237.0	57.3	0.000
Ala	422.3	97.4	383.7	88.9	0.000
Cit	34.4	10.6	33.2	8.3	0.20
ABA	24.2	8.4	23.2	6.9	0.20
Val	244.8	47.5	239.8	46.1	0.28
Met	29.4	6.1	28.0	5.2	0.013
Ile	84.3	22.1	69.7	17.5	< 0.001
Leu	131.8	34.3	122.4	27.6	0.003
Tyr	80.7	15.6	75.8	15.5	0.001
Phe	67.9	12.2	63.9	11.2	0.001
His	77.3	15.0	80.8	10.7	0.010
Trp	59.3	12.0	59.8	10.9	0.67
Orn	67.6	19.7	54.4	12.3	< 0.001
Lys	211.5	36.2	200.3	34.1	0.001
Arg	101.3	21.6	98.1	17.8	0.12

Study data set was used.