Carnitine and/or Acetylcarnitine Deficiency as a Cause of Higher Levels of Ammonia

Table 2

Mean ± SD ammonia, CAR, and ALCAR levels and ACYLCAR/CAR ratio in epileptic patients under phenytoin treatment (Group A) and in elderly patients (Group C).

	Ammonia ± SD; (μg/dL)	CAR ± SD; (μmol/L)	ALCAR ± SD; (μmol/L)	ACYLCAR/CAR ± SD
Group A	61.7 ± 27.3	37.8 ± 8.6	11.5 ± 3.0	0.35 ± 0.15
Group C	82.1 ± 35.6	50.1 ± 18.9	7.9 ± 2.7	0.29 ± 0.12
value	<0.05	<0.0001	<0.025	<0.025