Table 3.

Plasma glutamine levels (mmol/l) in the non-elective group, with or without infection

	Infection	No infection	P value
Glutamine at admission	0.01 [0.00–0.16] n = 27	0.28 [0.17–0.41] n = 63	<0.001
Glutamine at day 1	0.08 [0.00–0.24] n = 25	0.27 [0.16–0.37] n = 51	<0.001
Glutamine at day 2	0.09 [0.01–0.19] n = 16	0.25 [0.14–0.42] n = 30	0.01

Values are median [interquartile range] and the number of patients (n)