Alteration of Plasma Amino Acid Concentrations in Iranian Children with COVID-19

Table 3

Comparison of amino acids concentration (μmol/L) between ICU and non-ICU patients.

Analyte	ICU-patients	Non-ICU patients	value	Analyte	ICU-patients	Non-ICU patients	value
	Alanine					0.09		Isoleucine			0.04
Arginine			0.04	Lysine			0.26
Asparagine			0.42	Methionine			0.35
Aspartic acid			0.26	Ornithine			0.53
Citrulline			0.22	Phenylalanine			0.95
α-Aminobutyric acid			0.05	Serine			0.02
Glutamic acid			0.91	Taurine			0.49
Glutamine			0.11	Threonine			0.12
Glycine			0.01	Tryptophane			0.14
Histidine			0.69	Tyrosine			0.17
Leucine			0.23	Valine			0.22

The Mann–Whitney test was used to determine differences between two groups. P ≤0.05 is statistically significant.