Table 2.
Spearman’s coefficients of correlation (r) and P values between the creatinine-corrected excretion rates of hypusine and those of the indicated amino acids and their advanced glycation end-products
| Hypusine versus | Black boys | White boys |
|---|---|---|
| Amino acids | ||
| Ala | r = 0.5089, P = 0.0011 | None |
| Phe | r = 0.4876, P = 0.001 | None |
| Thr | r = 0.4873, P = 0.0019 | None |
| Glu + Gln | r = 0.4365, P = 0.0061 | r = − 0.407, P = 0.0083 |
| Asp + Asn | None | r = − 0.3801, P = 0.0142 |
| Trp | r = 0.3548, P = 0.0289 | None |
| Orn + Cit | r = 0.3492, P = 0.0317 | None |
| Leu + Ile | r = 0.3319, P = 0.0418 | None |
| Advanced glycation end-products | ||
| Carboxymethyllysine | r = 0.3706, P = 0.0220 | None |
| Carboxymethylarginine | r = 0.3686, P = 0.0228 | None |
| (2-Succinyl)cysteine | r = 0.3632, P = 0.0210 | None |