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. 2015 Jul 2;10(7):e0132223. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132223

Table 2. PFAA values (μmol/L) for patients with PC and healthy controls in the training set.

PFAA HC (N = 600) PC (N = 120)
Mean±SD (range) Mean±SD (range) p-value*
Thr 121.5 ± 24.3 (74.8–257.6) 112.8 ± 30.3 (54.2–215.5) <0.001
Ser 109.1 ± 17.1 (47.9–177.6) 119.2 ± 22.5 (68.6–189.3) <0.0001
Asn 45.4 ± 7.1 (28.6–94.6) 41.1 ± 7.4 (20.0–64.9) <0.0001
Gln 575.2 ± 61.6 (327.6–787.1) 566.3 ± 87.0 (342.2–854.6) ≥0.1
Pro 141.4 ± 45.4 (57.1–360.8) 129.9 ± 36.1 (56.6–266.7) <0.05
Gly 213.2 ± 53.1 (123.4–461.5) 219.1 ± 64.1 (102.5–515.3) ≥0.1
Ala 351.5 ± 72.2 (196.8–577.4) 296.5 ± 70.7 (157.0–517.7) <0.0001
Cit 32.4 ± 6.9 (14.7–66.5) 28.5 ± 8.7 (9.8–51.5) <0.0001
Val 220.9 ± 38.7 (126.6–358.3) 200.1 ± 42.9 (91.4–308.0) <0.0001
Met 25.9 ± 4.7 (16.0–70.1) 23.4 ± 5.4 (13.0–42.5) <0.0001
Ile 61.4 ± 13.8 (32.0–117.0) 63.2 ± 14.6 (30.1–109.3) ≥0.1
Leu 119.6 ± 22.4 (67.2–203.1) 111.6 ± 25.2 (47.1–188.9) <0.01
Tyr 65.5 ± 12.1 (25.7–117.2) 58.9 ± 13.0 (33.3–103.3) <0.0001
Phe 59.1 ± 8.0 (32.7–95.8) 57.2 ± 8.7 (34.8–84.2) <0.01
His 80.3 ± 9.4 (51.6–120.7) 67.3 ± 11.9 (41.1–103.7) <0.0001
Trp 56.7 ± 9.0 (10.6–88.9) 47.4 ± 10.1 (9.6–71.7) <0.0001
Orn 53.6 ± 11.8 (25.1–136.1) 51.8 ± 15.6 (22.3–109.9) ≥0.1
Lys 192.3 ± 27.3 (118.9–276.1) 177.1 ± 39.7 (78.4–320.1) <0.0001
Arg 94.2 ± 15.9 (50.3–149.0) 85.9 ± 22.3 (41.7–156.9) <0.0001

*p values were calculated using the Mann–Whitney U-test.