Table 5.

Levels of polyamines, related amino acids and metabolites in LNH patients (HCV+ and HCV−). Student’s t-test was applied unpaired between HCV+ and HCV−, * p < 0.05 as statistically significant.

	LNH HCV+	LNH HCV−	SIGNIFICANCE
POLIAMMINE	4	59
PUTRESCINE	14.29 ± 1.24	13.88 ± 1.28	p-value = 0.53
SPERMIDINE	9.82 ± 1.93	9.14 ± 1.84	p-value = 0.47
SPERMINE	5.07 ± 1.29	6.11 ± 1.39	p-value = 0.15
ACETYL-PUTRESCINE	2.42 ± 0.18	1.91 ± 0.48	* p-value = 0.039
ACETYL-SPERMIDINE	3.11 ± 0.40	2.96 ± 0.46	p-value = 0.53
ACETYL-SPERMINE	1.40 ± 0.34	1.74 ± 0.38	p-value = 0.08
AGMATINE	58.51 ± 8.50	59.01 ± 7.39	p-value = 0.89
CADAVERINE	2.33 ± 0.64	2.35 ± 0.42	p-value = 0.93
ORNITHINE	2.11 ± 0.42 × 103	1.91 ± 0.49	p-value = 0.43
LISINE	5.99 ± 0.89 × 103	6.12 ± 0.77	p-value = 0.75
ARGININE	7.46 ± 0.19 × 103	7.24 ± 0.48	p-value = 0.38
S-ADENOSYL METHIONINE	202.15 ± 40.26	214.02 ± 35.33	p-value = 0.52
GABA	43.55 ± 18.42	39.64 ± 13.20	p-value = 0.57