Table 2: Plasma concentrations of amino acids (nmol/ml) in the diabetic and control groups (M±SD).

Amino acids

Diabetic group

(n=49)

Control group

(n=48)

p-values

ALA

ARG

ASP

CYS

GLN

GLU

GLY

HIS

ILE

LEU

LYS

MET

PHE

SER

THR

TYR

VAL

TAU

144.83±36.32

49.01±16.78

0,33±0.95

34.77±11.61

243.23±59.42

18.28±9.69

46.53±22.3

133.62±43.59

90.83±19.37

74.74±17.37

60,70±27.32

31.57±10.68

81.84±19.54

53.93±26.03

73.26±27.90

60.25±27.18

190.46±48.01

99.69±36.82

134.84±36.67

22.62±6.94

1.34±2,18

31.56±10.90

187.84±56.83

20.70±10.22

35.34±10.23

147.09±53.89

66.54±15.27

68.65±14.65

57.15±28.61

29.18±13.05

65.64±16.45

66.04±22.04

57.90±18.07

38.25±12.47

148.91±35.31

75.66±37.01

n.s.

<0.01

n.s.

n.s.

<0.01

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

<0.001

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

<0.01

n.s.

<0.05

<0.05

<0.01

<0.05

ALA: alanine, ARG: arginine, ASP: aspartic acid, CYS: cysteine, GLN: glutamine, GLU: glutamic acid, GLY: glycine, HIS: histidine, ILE: isolecucine, LEU: leucine, LYS: lisine, MET: methionine, PHE: phenylalanine, SER serine, THR: threonine, TYR tyrosine, VAL: valine, TAU: taurine.