Table 3.
Analysis of polyamine levels in the three groups (LNH, LH and HEALTHY). Kruskal–Wallis test significant for p < 0.05 indicated with *. ** indicates the p-value obtained with Student’s t-test unpaired between LNH vs. LH, p < 0.05 statistically significant.
| NHL | HL | HEALTHY | SIGNIFICANCE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLYAMINES | 63 | 10 | 73 | |
| PUTRESCINE | 13.90 ± 1.27 | 13.24 ± 1.31 | 6.69 ± 1.39 | * p-value < 0.05 ** p-value = 0.13 |
| SPERMIDINE | 9.18 ± 1.83 | 5.83 ± 0.88 | 1.03 ± 0.26 | * p-value < 0.05 ** p-value = 5.95 |
| SPERMINE | 6.04 ± 1.40 | 6.09 ± 1.37 | 6.48 ± 2.15 | p-value = 0.55 |
| ACETYL-PUTRESCINE | 1.94 ± 0.48 | 1.85 ± 0.34 | 0.14 ± 0.05 | * p-value < 0.05 ** p-value = 0.59 |
| ACETYL-SPERMIDINE | 2.97 ± 0.45 | 3.06 ± 0.36 | 0.16 ± 0.12 | * p-value < 0.05 ** p-value = 0.55 |
| ACETYL-SPERMINE | 1.72 ± 0.38 | 1.38 ± 0.31 | 2.56 ± 0.59 | * p-value < 0.05 ** p-value = 0.008 |
| AGMATINE | 58.98 ± 7.39 | 57.68 ± 4.25 | 70.51 ± 14.17 | p-value = 3.26 |
| CADAVERINE | 2.35 ± 0.43 | 2.13 ± 0.52 | 2.29 ± 0.66 | p-value = 0.26 |
| ORNITHINE | 1.93 ± 0.48 | 1.89 ± 0.42 | 0.76 ± 0.13 | * p-value < 0.05 ** p-value = 0.79 |
| LYSINE | 6.11 ± 0.77 | 6.22 ± 0.84 | 7.03 ± 0.63 | p-value = 1.30 |
| ARGININE | 7.26 ± 0.47 | 7.26 ± 0.44 | 6.41 ± 0.98 | p-value = 1.32 |
| S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE | 213.27 ± 35.42 | 210.26 ± 36.29 | 339.35 ± 95.88 | * p-value < 0.05 ** p-value = 0.8 |
| GABA | 39.89 ± 13.43 | 46.19 ± 13.05 | 30.69 ± 2.23 | * p-value < 0.05 ** p-value = 0.17 |