Plasma Amino Acids Changes in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Table 5

Correlations between plasma amino acids and age.

Amino acid	Controls linear regression	CRPS linear regression
L-Gln	𝑅=0.298,𝑃=0.02090
L-Cit	𝑅=0.484,𝑃=0.00009	𝑅=0.234,𝑃=0.00293
L-Arg	𝑅=0.278,𝑃=0.03132
L-Tyr		𝑅=0.288,𝑃=0.00225
L-Val		𝑅=0.166,𝑃=0.03647
L-Orn	𝑅=0.311,𝑃=0.01760	𝑅=0.160,𝑃=0.04290

This table list Pearson’s correlation coefficient (𝑅) and probability (𝑃) for amino acids that demonstrated significant (𝑃<0.05) correlation between their plasma level and the subjects age. All amino acids listed in this table demonstrated positive linear correlation with age.