[Retracted] Long-Term Carbohydrate-Containing Late-Evening Snack Significantly Improves the Ratio of Branched Chain Amino Acids to Aromatic Amino Acids in Adults with Liver Cirrhosis due to Hepatitis B

Table 2

Comparison of plasma amino acid profiles between cirrhosis group, chronic hepatitis B group, and healthy control group ().

Amino acid (μmol/L)	Cirrhosis group	Chronic hepatitis B group	Healthy control group
TAU				3.89	0.023
ASP				10.00	<0.001
THR				3.40	0.037
SER				4.40	0.014
GLU				9.44	<0.001
GLY				3.34	0.038
ALA				0.296	0.744
GLN				2.49	0.046
CYS				57.64	<0.001
VAL				5.97	0.003
ILE				0.93	0.396
LEU				18.74	<0.001
TYR				44.21	<0.001
PHE				42.26	<0.001
HIS				0.37	0.688
TRP				2.40	0.096
ORN				1.00	0.371
LYS				2.06	0.132
ARG				4.05	0.020
PRO				0.11	0.897
MET				7.25	0.007
BCAA/AAA				83.91	<0.001

Abbreviations: TAU: taurine; ASP: aspartic acid; THR: threonine; SER: serine; GLU: glutamic acid; GLY: glycine; ALA: alanine; GLN: glutamine; CYS: cysteine; VAL: valine; LEU: leucine; ILE: isoleucinetyrosine; TYR: tyrosine; PHE: phenylalanine; HIS: histidine; TRP: tryptophan; ORN: ornithine; LYS: lysine; ARG: arginine; PRO: proline; MET: methionine. compared with cirrhosis group; compared with cirrhosis group.