Table 2.

Amino acid fluxes in controls (n = 10) vs. septic patients (n = 8)

	Controls	Septic Patients
Endogenous leucine flux, μmol·kg−1·h−1	97.8 ± 4.6	177.7 ± 31.4†
Glutamine flux, μmol·kg−1·h−1	308.1 ± 11.9	326.6 ± 27.3
Glutamine clearance, ml·kg−1·min−1	10.5 ± 0.9	26.8 ± 5.2*
Citrulline flux, μmol·kg−1·h−1	8.9 ± 0.5	4.4 ± 0.2*

Values are expressed as means ± SE.

^†P < 0.05 vs. controls by unpaired t-test;

^*P < 0.01 vs. controls by unpaired t-test.