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Table 1 Concentrations of amino acid among children in Group A

From: Mathematical models of amino acid panel for assisting diagnosis of children acute leukemia

Amino acid

AL children

n = 240

Ctrl

n = 284

Healthy children

n = 220

p value

Ala

134.59 ± 49.41

148.99 ± 47.90

144.87 ± 47.93

0.084

Asp

17.59 ± 8.58

14.17 ± 3.39

13.63 ± 2.77

< 0.001

Glu

27.94 ± 14.69

20.84 ± 4.95

29.75 ± 6.49

< 0.001

Met

18.35 ± 11.18

21.88 ± 10.17

16.24 ± 6.61

0.002

Phe

59.81 ± 23.23

35.96 ± 7.77

49.99 ± 28.98

< 0.001

Tyr

35.85 ± 14.88

31.17 ± 10.62

39.87 ± 18.55

0.001

Leu

55.81 ± 16.56

66.57 ± 15.64

62.82 ± 15.46

< 0.001

Trp

20.28 ± 13.15

14.77 ± 4.06

17.27 ± 5.18

< 0.001

Val

95.41 ± 28.42

103.12 ± 23.40

112.37 ± 29.90

0.001

Arg

60.68 ± 20.43

60.83 ± 15.51

66.12 ± 19.70

0.177

Cit

11.90 ± 4.44

16.45 ± 4.25

15.40 ± 5.93

< 0.001

Gly

80.60 ± 33.77

66.36 ± 14.91

69.04 ± 19.80

< 0.001

Orn

21.61 ± 4.88

24.23 ± 2.62

33.01 ± 3.08

< 0.001

Gln

16.45 ± 5.88

17.06 ± 2.80

6.47 ± 2.39

< 0.001

His

84.98 ± 79.31

73.50 ± 61.55

73.38 ± 22.13

0.357

Ser

9.99 ± 4.31

8.73 ± 1.67

11.10 ± 2.99

< 0.001

Thr

14.92 ± 7.72

14.52 ± 3.94

16.41 ± 6.75

0.215

  1. Ala: alanine; Asp: aspartic acid; Glu: glutamic acid; Met: methionine; Phe: phenylalanine; Tyr: tyrosine; Leu: leucine; Trp: tryptophane; Val: valine; Arg: argnine; Cit: citrulline; Gly: glycine; Orn: ornithine; Gln: glutamine; His: histidine; Ser: serine; Thr: threonine