Table 4.

Relative mRNA expression levels of metabolism enzymes.

	N	Control	N	MCI	N	AD	P
ASL	37	1.39 ± 0.21	24	1.47 ± 0.24	40	1.35 ± 0.34	0.26
NOS2	33	3.80 ± 2.51	23	5.66 ± 2.85	32	4.06 ± 2.91	0.04
ASS1	37	0.48 ± 0.28	24	0.32 ± 0.10	37	0.36 ± 0.14	0.14
OTC	35	0.41 ± 0.49	25	0.14 ± 0.09	34	0.18 ± 0.13	0.04
ARG1	39	0.42 ± 0.27	26	0.41 ± 0.27	39	0.40 ± 0.28	0.83
AZIN1	37	1.17 ± 0.15	26	1.21 ± 0.19	38	1.18 ± 0.19	0.56
OAZ1	37	0.83 ± 0.35	24	0.80 ± 0.40	38	0.82 ± 0.42	0.64
OAZ2	37	1.29 ± 0.26	25	1.35 ± 0.32	38	1.25 ± 0.33	0.46
OAZ3	39	1.34 ± 0.65	25	1.63 ± 0.73	39	1.53 ± 0.69	0.17
ODC1	39	1.45 ± 0.46	25	1.47 ± 0.61	39	1.26 ± 0.39	0.12
SMS	38	1.13 ± 0.20	25	1.12 ± 0.21	38	1.01 ± 0.14	0.01