Table 2.

Correlations between amino acids levels and inflammatory biomarkers.

		Fecal calprotectin		Albumin		CRP		ESR
	Amino acid	Pearson r	P	Pearson r	P	Pearson r	P	Pearson r	P
Ulcerative	Tryptophan	−0.092	0.597	0.342	0.065	−0.010	0.953	0.206	0.303
colitis	Taurine	0.022	0.898	0.252	0.180	0.098	0.559	0.192	0.338
	Histidine	−0.180	0.301	0.150	0.429	0.113	0.501	0.005	0.978
	Ornithine	0.137	0.433	0.222	0.237	0.028	0.866	0.036	0.859
	Sulfo-L-cysteine	−0.131	0.455	0.136	0.473	−0.194	0.243	0.011	0.956
Crohn’s	Tryptophan	0.103	0.526	−0.077	0.664	0.425	0.007b	0.128	0.480
disease	Citrulline	0.033	0.839	0.143	0.420	0.183	0.266	0.203	0.258
	Ornithine	0.205	0.204	0.036	0.841	0.387	0.015a	0.212	0.237
	Alanine	0.300	0.060	0.022	0.903	0.308	0.057	0.205	0.253
	Phenyalanine	0.194	0.229	0.075	0.674	0.268	0.099	0.234	0.190
	α-Aminobutyric acid	0.068	0.678	−0.092	0.619	0.143	0.399	0.140	0.435

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

Abbreviations: CRP, C-reactive protein, ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate