Clinical Study
Picolinic Acid in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection: A Preliminary Report
Table 2
Serum tryptophan (TRP), kynurenine (KYN), and picolinic acid (PA) in patients with chronic viral hepatitis.
| | TRP (μmol/L) | KYN (μmol/L) | PA (μmol/L) |
| | Healthy controls () | 79.8 (61.2–102.8) | 3.6 (2.2–5.25) | 0.2 (0.2–1.81) | | Chronic hepatitis C infection () | 65.8 (53.8–77.4) | 3.0 (0.5–5.0) | 1.7*(0.2–6.7) | | Chronic hepatitis B infection () | 61.5 (48.4–74.2) | 2.6 (0.44–4.1) | 1.02*(0.2–5.0) |
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Significance levels between groups: * versus healthy controls.
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