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

Figure 1 Concentrations of total serum amino acids (A), sum of serum essential amino acids (B), and sum of serum aromatic amino acids (C) in control subjects and patients with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis. Results are shown as mean (illustrated by the line). A: P = 0.06; B and C: ^aP < 0.05, serum amino acid concentration vs patients and controls. Con: Control subjects; CP: Patients with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis.