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. 2022 Oct 18;58:102517. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2022.102517

Table 2.

Concentrations of metabolites in plasma (μmol/L), in urine (mmol/mol of creatinine) and excretion fraction EF (%) in patient groups.

Controls
CBSD
CSED
SQORD
EE
SOXD/MoCD
N Median (2.5th-97.5th centile) N Median (Range) N Value N Median (Range) N Median (Range) N Median (Range)
H2S Plasma 59 0.173 (0.086–0.378) 14 0.263 (0.096–0.566) 1 0.15 3 0.256 (0.177–0.609) 7 0.481 (0.218–0.909) 8 0.146 (0.092–0.258)
S-sulfocysteine Plasma 56 0.342 (0.131–1.700) 12 0.434 (0.024–0.833) 1 0.40 3 1.31 (0.71–5.35) 7 0.77 (0.29–5.38) 10 8.06 (2.17–13.3)
Total cysteine Plasma 60 256 (190–321) 14 137 (36.3–217) 1 173 3 222 (199–271) 7 167 (146–200) 10 48.6 (26.2–91.5)
Lanthionine Plasma 62 0.075 (0.042–0.164) 14 0.044 (0.020–0.245) 1 0.075 3 0.074 (0.067–0.134) 7 0.079 (0.044–0.125) 11 0.091 (0.026–0.393)
Total homocysteine Plasma 60 9.53 (6.47–15.1) 14 169 (107–298) 1 24.2 3 16.8 (13.4–41.2) 7 6.35 (3.16–7.43) 10 1.27 (0.75–4.96)
Homolanthionine Plasma 62 0.007 (0.003–0.014) 14 0.075 (0.020–0.378) 1 0.004 3 0.007 (0.006–0.009) 7 0.005 (0.002–0.007) 11 0.008 (0.005–0.016)
Cystathionine Plasma 62 0.162 (0.077–0.390) 14 0.021 (0.004–0.209) 1 21.8 3 0.185 (0.176–0.266) 7 0.135 (0.086–0.307) 11 0.250 (0.109–0.658)
Sulfite Plasma 60 0.28 (0.12–0.70) 14 0.33 (0.10–0.67) 1 0.20 3 1.23 (0.46–4.85) 7 2.15 (1.27–9.85) 11 26.9 (5.13–125)
Thiosulfate Plasma 60 0.86 (0.27–3.24) 14 1.01 (0.31–1.96) 1 0.42 3 0.79 (0.58–6.66) 7 15.07 (1.02–24.88) 11 12.7 (4.51–111)
Sulfate Plasma 52 347 (243–495) 14 385 (237–503) 1 334 3 294 (292–318) 7 335 (261–468) 10 371 (193–1229)
Taurine Plasma 61 48.3 (32.7–80.8) 14 46.8 (19.4–74.0) 1 67.2 3 56.7 (48.1–72.8) 7 64.9 (41.5–105) 11 72.4 (40.2–260)

S-sulfocysteine Urine 54 0.661 (0.333–1.179) 12 0.51 (0.04–3.26) 1 0.87 3 0.28 (0.11–0.49) 6 3.52 (1.18–6.18) 9 129 (51.7–217)
S-sulfohomocysteine Urine 15 0.020 (0.014–0.037) 10 0.40 (0.16–2.81) 1 0.049 1 0.040 5 0.078 (0.014–0.291) 8 0.46 (0.19–1.44)
Total cysteine Urine 58 18.4 (9.2–33.9) 14 18.7 (3.74–52.9) 1 46.6 3 16.2 (14.8–17.2) 6 38.1 (21.3–136) 9 156 (21.3–515)
Lanthionine Urine 58 0.92 (0.64–1.81) 14 0.85 (0.64–2.05) 1 1.29 3 1.01 (0.87–1.60) 6 2.08 (1.35–3.31) 9 2.13 (0.99–5.10)
Total homocysteine Urine 58 0.53 (0.33–3.12) 14 41.1 (8.2–288) 1 12.1 3 0.86 (0.73–1.70) 6 1.17 (0.58–2.66) 9 1.99 (0.53–4.00)
Homolanthionine Urine 58 0.059 (0.031–0.131) 14 1.23 (0.33–4.11) 1 0.086 3 0.082 (0.058–0.090) 6 0.096 (0.059–0.115) 9 0.139 (0.080–0.398)
Cystathionine Urine 58 1.07 (0.30–2.30) 14 0.29 (0.02–1.21) 1 311 3 0.90 (0.56–1.04) 6 1.34 (0.62–2.29) 9 2.03 (0.81–9.59)
Sulfite Urine 58 0.051 (0.009–0.281) 14 0.164 (0.052–1.13) 1 0.038 3 0.008 (0.004–0.015) 6 6.91 (0.62–24.0) 9 102 (3.07–481)
Thiosulfate Urine 58 1.50 (0.64–4.14) 14 3.07 (0.50–14.3) 1 0.75 3 2.38 (0.94–2.50) 6 272 (188–522) 9 179 (20.3–276)
Sulfate Urine 58 1170 (815–2386) 14 934 (587–2350) 1 970 3 900 (785–1030) 6 1546 (670–4090) 9 970 (180–3390)
Taurine Urine 58 32.4 (2.39–290) 14 56.6 (0.59–303) 1 9.46 3 50.7 (3.91–55.1) 6 207 (52.3–679) 9 374 (73.4–780)

S-sulfocysteine EF 52 14.0 (3.5–33.6) 11 5.41 (0.19–48.7) 1 8.5 3 2.7 (0.1–3.1) 6 5.4 (3.0–59.7) 6 34.5 (16.8–48.0)
Total cysteine EF 57 0.5 (0.3–1.0) 13 1.10 (0.50–264) 1 0.9 3 0.3 (0.3–0.4) 6 0.63 (0.30–1.94) 6 6.0 (1.8–10.9)
Lanthionine EF 57 90.2 (59.3–160) 13 84.9 (0.07–195) 1 54.4 3 68.1 (52.3–74.4) 6 75.1 (23.4–105) 6 82.0 (23.2–185)
Total homocysteine EF 57 0.4 (0.2–1.9) 13 2.00 (0.40–11.4) 1 1.4 3 0.25 (0.22–0.25) 6 0.82 (0.26–1.51) 6 5.48 (2.97–7.74)
Homolanthionine EF 57 62.7 (39.0–93.5) 13 68.1 (0.01–85.4) 1 101.1 3 54.4 (44.6–63.8) 6 46.5 (33.6–67.3) 6 49.7 (43.0–97.2)
Cystathionine EF 57 39.4 (15.5–72.2) 13 38.0 (0.19–189) 1 45.2 3 21.3 (14.6–26.6) 6 19.6 (12.5–30.2) 6 33.0 (14.9–43.8)
Sulfite EF 57 1.4 (0.1–8.1) 13 1.91 (0.13–54.7) 1 0.8 3 0.061 (0.004–0.082) 6 5.2 (0.6–43.1) 6 14.0 (0.2–44.9)
Thiosulfate EF 57 9.7 (1.9–50.1) 13 15.3 (0.3–52.2) 1 3.7 3 19.3 (0.6–22.2) 6 96.8 (48.7–527) 6 39.1 (15.9–81.9)
Sulfate EF 56 24.3 (14.4–41.3) 12 16.4 (5.9–271) 1 10.7 3 15.9 (12.4–16.9) 6 14.1 (5.8–22.2) 6 10.1 (1.8–20.1)
Taurine EF 57 4.4 (0.4–13.6) 13 6.93 (0.16–56.6) 1 0.7 3 5.2 (0.2–5.4) 6 10.6 (3.6–24.7) 6 15.5 (2.3–25.2)

N, number of subjects in each group; typical concentrations of metabolites and EFs are medians for all patients from the same disease cohort.