[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 3

Comparison of plasma amino acid profiles in cirrhosis patients with hyperammonemia and normal ammonemia ().

Amino acid (μmol/L)	Patients with normal ammonemia	Patients with hyperammonemia
TAU			47.63	<0.001
ASP			18.01	<0.001
THR			0.81	0.449
SER			3.39	0.038
GLU			0.15	0.864
GLY			4.28	0.017
ALA			1.89	0.158
GLN			3.18	0.047
CYS			1.31	0.277
VAL			0.78	0.462
ILE			3.55	0.033
LEU			5.16	0.008
TYR			4.77	0.011
PHE			1.92	0.154
HIS			0.54	0.586
TRP			10.68	<0.001
ORN			0.86	0.425
LYS			0.94	0.396
ARG			3.51	0.034
PRO			0.47	0.625
MET			2.58	0.059
BCAA/AAA			14.33	<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; BCAA: branched chain amino acids; AAA: aromatic amino acids.