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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2011 Aug 17;186(4):1206–1212. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.05.085

Table 2. Amino Acid Mean and t-Test for Cases vs Control.

Case (n=189) Control (n=104)

Amino Acid Mean
μM
SD Mean
μM
SD p T-test 2-sided padjusted
Taurine 159.4 52.4 174.3 58.2 0.0319 .691

Aspartate1 32.4 14.3 35.9 16.8 0.1419 .717

Threonine 134.7 40.1 153.6 40.4 0.0001 .015

Serine 132.1 33.3 142.9 41.0 0.0322 .691

Asparagine 68.3 19.5 78.1 25.8 0.0012 .205

Glutamate 98.9 56.9 129.7 102.4 0.0373 .743

Glutamine 854.7 182.1 867.0 213.3 0.7509 .190

Glycine 287.9 80.5 321.1 110.9 0.0074 .244

Alanine 451.6 122.4 527.5 163.3 <0.0001 .003

Citrulline 34.7 12.2 38.4 9.7 0.0040 .066

α-amino butyric acid 21.3 9.3 21.0 10.7 0.5714 .018

Valine 254.1 58.8 268.0 66.6 0.1003 .219

Total Homocysteine 14.5 6.6 15.4 9.4 0.9271 .060

Methionine 23.7 6.5 25.7 8.0 0.0287 .742

Isoleucine 67.8 19.8 69.3 22.8 0.7742 .005

Leucine 156.5 39.0 161.6 47.0 0.4789 .001

Tyrosine 66.9 18.2 74.5 19.8 0.0008 .105

Phenylalanine 79.0 19.5 86.5 44.8 0.1314 .126

Ornithine 97.8 32.4 126.3 55.2 <0.0001 .00001

Lysine 206.1 50.7 217.4 53.7 0.0698 .092

1-methyl-histidine 19.1 13.8 18.3 10.5 0.8477 .374

Histidine 77.4 19.7 90.0 22.2 <0.0001 .00002

3-methyl-histidine2 22.9 6.1 24.0 5.8 0.0845 .675

Arginine 98.7 31.1 84.0 33.8 <0.0001 .00001

Total Cysteine 401.8 98.2 374.5 87.6 0.0172 <.000001

Proline 214.3 83.2 230.9 63.8 0.0373 .373

Factor 1 0.131 0.934 -0.237 1.074 0.0025 NA

Factor 2 -0.070 0.864 0.128 1.203 0.1049 NA

Factor 3 0.032 1.019 -0.058 0.967 0.461 NA
1

Aspartate co-elutes with reduced glutathione.

2

Tryptophan co-elutes with 3-methylhistidine.