Research Article
Alteration of Plasma Amino Acid Concentrations in Iranian Children with COVID-19
Table 4
Comparison of amino acids concentration (μmol /L) between the recovered and expired patients.
| Analyte | Expired patients
| Recovered patients
| value | Analyte | Expired patients
| Recovered patients
| value | | | | |
| Alanine | | | 0.03 | Isoleucine | | | 0.01 | Arginine | | | 0.034 | Lysine | | | 0.43 | Asparagine | | | 0.08 | Methionine | | | 0.43 | Aspartic acid | | | 0.23 | Ornithine | | | 0.37 | Citrulline | | | 0.12 | Phenylalanine | | | 0.73 | α-Aminobutyric acid | | | 0.14 | Serine | | | 0.01 | Glutamic acid | | | 0.86 | Taurine | | | 0.28 | Glutamine | | | 0.07 | Threonine | | | 0.47 | Glycine | | | 0.005 | Tryptophane | | | 0.17 | Histidine | | | 0.84 | Tyrosine | | | 0.24 | Leucine | | | 0.16 | Valine | | | 0.17 |
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The Mann–Whitney test was used to determine differences in amino acids levels between recovered and expired patients. is statistically significant. |