Decreased serum essential and aromatic amino acids in patients with chronic pancreatitis

Table 2 Serum concentrations of amino acids in patients with chronic pancreatitis and control subjects (mean ± SD, range)

Amino acid (μmol/L)	Control	Chronic pancreatitis	Statistical significance
Threonine	125 ± 26	99 ± 33	0.0037
Tryptophan	67 ± 21	52 ± 16	0.0043
Tyrosine	59 ± 21	45 ± 17	0.0071
Histidine	48 ± 16	37 ± 14	0.0097
Proline	201 ± 82	157 ± 61	0.026
Glutamate	46 ± 24	66 ± 39	0.034
Glutamine	307 ± 97	256 ± 86	0.044
Lysine	114 ± 36	95 ± 36	0.059
Alanine	605 ± 128	535 ± 158	0.093
Methionine	15 ± 5.8	12 ± 5.7	0.13
Valine	93 ± 28	84 ± 23	0.17
Isoleucine	34 ± 11	31 ± 8	0.3
Glycine	154 ± 52	142 ± 46	0.37
Arginine	67 ± 37	61 ± 31	0.55
Cysteine	119 ± 42	112 ± 43	0.56
Serine	43 ± 13	41 ± 14	0.57
Asparagine	51 ± 22	47 ± 24	0.58
Leucine	67 ± 20	70 ± 16	0.62
Aspartate	22 ± 8	23 ± 11	0.67
Phenylalanine	57 ± 20	58 ± 24	0.87