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. 2013 Oct 28;3(10):e94. doi: 10.1038/nutd.2013.33

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.

a

Normal distribution: values are means (standard deviations); Student's t-test for P-value.

b

Non-normal distribution: values are medians (25th–75th interquartile ranges).