Table 3.

Area under the curve for choline and betaine plasma concentrations after intake of choline supplements

	Choline chloride	Choline bitartrate	αGPC	Egg-PC
AUC of plasma choline concentration (0–24 h) µmol/l × h	235.2 (206.5–261.1)	233.5 (183.3–274.4)	244.9 (185.3–268.6)	244.3 (189.2–289.7)
AUC of plasma choline concentration (0–6 h) µmol/l × h	63.4 (54.9–72.4)	66.4 (48.9–75.5)	61.6 (47.4–71.9)	67.9 (56.2–82.6)
AUC of plasma betaine concentration (0–24 h) µmol/l × h	537.3 (499.0–871.2)	625.0 (570.8–993.9)	643.4 (552.9–923.3)	665.4 (580.9–840.9)
AUC of plasma betaine concentration (0–6 h) µmol/l × h	143.9 (126.9–208.3)	156.3 (142.5–211.6)	150.5 (129.6–229.8)	160.8 (144.9–197.7)

Data are shown as median (25th‰–75th‰). Data of all subjects were included

AUC area under the curve, h hour, PC phosphatidylcholine, TMAO Trimethylamine oxide, αGPC alpha-glycerophosphocholine