Table 4.

Relative intensities of metabolites at pre- and post-treatment

		Pre-treatment (mean ± SE)			Post-treatment (mean ± SE)
Metabolites	ppm	Survivors	Non-survivors	p-value	Survivors	Non-survivors	p-value
Lactate	4.08-4.13	185.8 ± 11.4	164.6 ± 13.8	0.534	196.2 ± 12.7	250.6 ± 26.0	0.089
Glycine	3.54-3.56	115.0 ± 6.4	120.8 ± 11.0	0.542	91.2 ± 4.1	111.4 ± 8.4	0.033*
GPC	3.22-3.24	167.3 ± 12.4	170.1 ± 23.9	0.949	115.6 ± 6.7	153.9 ± 24.1	0.144
PC	3.21-3.22	247.9 ± 17.0	285.4 ± 34.9	0.338	158.0 ± 16.1	205.5 ± 28.1	0.105
Cho	3.20-3.21	95.4 ± 3.9	108.7 ± 8.3	0.225	79.5 ± 3.7	85.9 ± 6.2	0.276
tCho	3.20-3.24	498.3 ± 26.4	551.3 ± 46.8	0.253	344.9 ± 22.3	434.6 ± 44.6	0.075
Taurine	3.40-3.43	242.6 ± 9.6	222.8 ± 12.4	0.393	248.0 ± 8.1	222.3 ± 9.3	0.144
β-Glucose	4.61-4.64	48.4 ± 3.3	49.3 ± 6.0	1.000	63.6 ± 4.3	53.5 ± 6.6	0.172

The values of relative intensities are integrated peak areas from spectra normalized to equal total areas. Wilcoxon rank sum tests were used for statistical analyses. *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01