Table 7 Comparison of urinary amino acid concentrations between polytrauma patients on day 5 and healthy volunteers
From: Changes in urine composition after trauma facilitate bacterial growth
Amino acids | D5 | HV | HV-D5 mean or median differences [CI95%] |
|---|---|---|---|
(μmol/lL) | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |  |
Taurine | 324 ± 301 | 944 ± 597 | 619.36 [87.15; 1151.57] |
Aspartic acid | 12 ± 15 | 8 ± 2 | -4.45 [-14.94; 6.03] |
Threonine a | 778 ± 382 | 105 ± 23 | -672.79 [-944.09; -401.49] |
Serine a | 841 ± 429 | 242 ± 42 | -598.42 [-903.86; -292.97] |
Asparagine a | 459 ± 240 | 72 ± 17 | -387.51 [-557.85; -217.18] |
Glutamic acid | 57 ± 49 | 10 ± 7 | -46.82 [-81.78; -11.85] |
Glutamine a | 864 ± 365 | 326 ± 76 | -538.03 [-803.53; -272.53] |
Glycine a | 2049 ± 985 | 879 ± 211 | -1170.10 [-1888.18; -452.03] |
Alanine a | 390 ± 202 | 240 ± 56 | -123.41 [-268.06; 21.25] b |
Citrulline | 73 ± 57 | 15 ± 5 | -58.67 [-98.89; -18.44] |
Valine | 79 ± 46 | 36 ± 9 | -43.29 [-76.66; -9.91] |
Cystine | 225 ± 209 | 35 ± 9 | -189.76 [-337.97; -41.56] |
Methionine a | 9 ± 8 | 5 ± 6 | -4.23 [-11.74; 3.28] |
Isoleucine | 22 ± 16 | 17 ± 4 | -5.13 [-17.04; 6.78] |
Leucine | 52 ± 32 | 18 ± 3 | -34.34 [-57.07; -11.61] |
Tyrosine | 222 ± 134 | 76 ± 30 | -146.75 [-244.35; -49.16] |
Phenylalanine | 258 ± 187 | 55 ± 10 | -202.73 [-334.94; -70.51] |
Ornithine | 99 ± 132 | 7 ± 2 | -93.38 [-173.72; -13.05] b |
Histidine | 1267 ± 575 | 543 ± 159 | -724.23 [-1151.22; -297.24] |
Lysine | 1542 ± 1993 | 104 | -1437.41 [-2849.66; -25.15] |
Arginine | 54 ± 64 | 11 ± 95 | 29.48 [-86.49; 145.45] |