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. 2012 Jul 30;7(7):e40962. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040962

Table 2. Follow up of glucose, amino acid and betaine signals.

HNF1A-MODY GCK-MODY T2D p C statistic HNF1A vs T2D
Urine Glucose n = 27 n = 17 n = 158
Urinary glucose/Cr ratio (mmol/mmol) 0.67(1.84) 0.039(0.024) 0.13(1.88) *0.01 0.58
Plasma glucose/Urinary glucose ratio (mmol/mmol) 0.73(5.87) 12.41(9.47) 6.92(19.14) *0.04 0.63
Plasma glucose/(Urinary glucose/ creatinine ratio) mmol/ (mmol/mmol) 13.1 (138.3) 178. 9 (100.3) 72.0 (174.7) *0.01 0.55
Amino Acids n = 22 n = 22-
Valine/Cr ratio (µmol/mmol) 0.35 (0.62) 0.67 (0.92) 0.08
Alanine/Cr ratio (µmol/mmol) 2.00 (3.80) 4.79 (4.61) 0.18
One-Carbon compounds n = 39 N = 80
Glycine/Cr ratio (µmol/mmol) 93.6 (73.6) 88.1 (68.0) 0.87
Urinary betaine/Cr ratio (µmol/mmol) 19.5 (28.2) 34.9 (52.9) <0.001 0.70
Sarcosine/Cr ratio (µmol/mmol) 0.21 (0.25) 0.27 (0.24) 0.03 0.63
Choline/Cr ratio (µmol/mmol) 2.75 (2.59) 4.00 (3.43) 0.003 0.67

Data are median (IQR). P values compare HNF1A and T2D using Mann Whitney U test except for * where comparisons between all 3 groups are calculated by Kruskal-Wallis test.