Table 5.

Rate of Appearance of Phenylalanine

	(μmol/kg.h)		(mmol/h)
	Fast	Fed	Fast	Fed
NASH [N = 11]	30.0 ± 4.5	35.9 ± 6.8=	3.1 ± 0.6*	3.6 ± 0.6§=
Controls [N = 10]	32.4 ± 5.6	38.7 ± 6.6=	2.4 ± 0.6	2.9 ± 0.7=

	Rate of Appearance of Urea
	(μmol/kg.h)		(mmol/h)
	Fast	Fed	Fast	Fed
NASH [N = 11]	208.6 ± 63.8**	201.0 ± 54.6§§	21.6 ± 8.4	20.6 ± 7.2
Controls [N = 10]	333.2 ± 92.6	297.9 ± 76.8=	24.9 ± 8.5	22.2 ± 7.2=

Data are mean ± SD

^*compared with controls p=0.002,

^§p=0.01,

^**p=0.016,

^§§p=0.004,

⁼compared with fast, p=0.001