Amino acid (mmol/l) | PE-group (n=8) | S-group (n=10) | p Value | Reference values (mmol/l) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Methionine* | 36±2 | 28±2 | <0.05 | 30–59 |
Histidine* | 72±5 | 58±4 | <0.05 | 59–110 |
Phenylalanine* | 77±4 | 64±3 | <0.05 | 43–87 |
Tryptophan* | 75±5 | 65±6 | NS | 36–92 |
Lysine* | 238±27 | 155±14 | <0.05 | 38–144 |
Threonine* | 244±44 | 195±20 | NS | 88–169 |
Isoleucine*† | 35±4 | 27±2 | 0.091 | 36–89 |
Leucine*† | 128±6 | 113±5 | 0.075 | 48–145 |
Valine*† | 142±9 | 113±4 | <0.05 | 108–214 |
Ornithine | 104±9 | 80±8 | <0.05 | 67–150 |
Glutamine acid | 198±21 | 191±20 | NS | 181–379 |
Asparagine | 68±8 | 67±6 | NS | 35–78 |
Serine | 154±8 | 143±9 | NS | 103–257 |
Glutamine | 646±61 | 610±30 | NS | 314–620 |
Glycine | 257±20 | 250±13 | NS | 33–180 |
Citrulline | 22±3 | 22±2 | NS | 20–125 |
Arginine | 101±13 | 89±7 | NS | 40–99 |
Alanine | 332±63 | 294±20 | NS | 227–388 |
Taurine | 28±6 | 27±3 | NS | |
Tyrosine | 70±5 | 59±5 | NS | 34–135 |
Sum of all AA | 3026±226 | 2648±98 | NS | |
Essential AA | 1047±80 | 817±42 | <0.05 | |
Branched chain AA | 305±17 | 252±9 | <0.001 |