Table 2.
Metabolite Concentration (mM/L) in patients with diabetes and controls
|
Metabolite ratio |
Right frontal |
p-
value (a-b) |
Right parieto-temporal |
p-
value (c-d) |
Right parieto-occipital |
p-
value (e-f) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient (a) (n = 10) | Control (b) (n = 7) | Patient (c) (n = 9) | Control (d) (n = 6) | Patient (e) (n = 9) | Control (f) (n = 4) | ||||
| NAA |
4.53 ±0.69 |
5.23 ±0.74 |
0.03 |
5.53 ±0.42 |
5.83 ±0.76 |
0.17 |
5.44 ±0.52 |
6.08 ±0.25 |
0.02 |
| Cr + PCr |
3.23 ±0.26 |
3.43 ±0.50 |
0.15 |
3.84 ±0.31 |
3.61 ±0.42 |
0.11 |
3.72 ±0.26 |
3.86 ±0.22 |
0.19 |
| GPC + PC |
0.94 ±0.16 |
0.86 ±0.14 |
0.14 |
1.03 ±0.30 |
1.09 ±0.13 |
0.24 |
0.97 ±0.13 |
0.90 ±0.19 |
0.25 |
| Glu + Gln |
7.98 ±2.57 |
5.32 ±1.43 |
0.01 |
6.74 ±1.30 |
6.72 ±1.94 |
0.48 |
7.49 ±1.64 |
6.44 ±1.68 |
0.15 |
| Glc |
1.57 ±0.98 |
0.43 ±0.21 |
0.004 |
2.33 ±0.86 |
0.69 ±0.88 |
0.005 |
1.78 ±0.67 |
0.79 ±0.45 |
0.01 |
| mI | 2.93 ±0.60 | 2.65 ±0.43 | 0.15 | 3.06 ±0.62 | 2.66 ±0.36 | 0.09 | 3.03 ±0.38 | 2.81 ±0.25 | 0.16 |