[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 7

Changes of plasma amino acid profiles in patients with cirrhosis before and after late-evening snacks ().

Amino acid (μmol/L)	Study group						Control group				Treatment effects
	Baseline ()	1st month ()	3rd month ()	6th month ()			Baseline ()	6th month ()
TAU					0.605	0.613			0.176	0.861	0.537
ASP					0.105	0.957			1.182	0.243	0.497
THR					2.368	0.075			1.683	0.099	0.115
SER					0.908	0.440			0.366	0.716	0.783
GLU					0.476	0.700			1.015	0.315	0.081
GLY					0.628	0.599			1.184	0.242	0.844
ALA					0.722	0.541			0.572	0.570	0.545
GLN					1.038	0.375			0.198	0.856	0.369
CYS					1.205	0.312			0.368	0.714	0.246
VAL					1.647	0.183			0.008	0.994	0.032
ILE					1.748	0.155			0.390	0.698	0.167
LEU					2.382	0.074			0.424	0.673	0.092
TYR					0.287	0.834			0.553	0.583	0.631
PHE					0.472	0.703			1.291	0.203	0.542
HIS					0.268	0.848			0.144	0.886	0.701
TRP					1.894	0.136			0.010	0.992	0.057
ORN					1.546	0.208			1.373	0.176	0.416
LYS					0.211	0.889			0.264	0.793	0.872
ARG					0.339	0.797			0.193	0.848	0.445
PRO					0.873	0.458			0.823	0.415	0.721
MET					1.223	0.305			1.621	0.112	0.008
BCAA/AAA					2.819	0.043			1.807	0.424	0.003

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. compared with baseline; compared with baseline.