Table 3. Amino acids in cases and in controls (μmol l−1).
Diabetes | Controls | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|
Alaninea | 134.82 (37.95) | 147.72 (42.45) | 0.05 |
Phenylalaninea | 41.83 (13.98) | 43.84 (14.52) | 0.37 |
Valinab | 104.81 (45.58) | 108.31 (46.44) | 0.29 |
Leucine-Isoleucineb | 95.89 (38.54) | 97.26 (33.44) | 0.28 |
Metioninab | 16.12 (7.30) | 16.35 (5.95) | 0.48 |
Tyrosineb | 53.16 (32.78) | 54.14 (28.31) | 0.88 |
Aspartateb | 29.67 (17.52) | 30.41 (17.83) | 0.57 |
Ornitineb | 26.63 (9.64) | 26.29 (10.44) | 0.78 |
Glutamateb | 250.30 (104.84) | 276.13 (124.34) | 0.20 |
Glycinea | 338.71 (97.29) | 354.17 (93.44) | 0.30 |
Arginineb | 5.07 (3.48) | 5.45 (4.31) | 0.65 |
Cytosineb | 8.09 (2.72) | 8.38 (3.31) | 0.40 |
Argininosuccinateb | 0.20 (0.45) | 0.21 (0.35) | 0.99 |
Total amino acids | 1151.76 (218.21) | 1212.68 (218.73) | 0.08 |
Mann–Whitney rank test for P-value.
Normal distribution: values are means (standard deviations); Student's t-test for P-value.
Non-normal distribution: values are medians (25th–75th interquartile ranges).