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Concentration of aromatic acids in serum sepsis patients and subjects of comparison groups |
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| Aromatic acid (ng/ml) |
Patients with sepsis (n = 12) |
Volunteers (n = 16) |
Patients before surgery (n = 36) |
Patients with smooth recovery (n = 9) |
Patients with pneumonia (n = 10) |
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| p-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid |
2,140 (631–3,516) |
72 (62–93)*** |
114 (53–220)*** |
263 (109–313)** |
456 (344–667)* |
| 3-Phenylpropionic acid |
0 |
35 (20–54)** |
4 (0–29) |
0 |
0 (0–3) |
| Phenyllactic acid |
367 (217–1,098) |
47 (37–64)** |
58 (37–93)** |
89 (68–126)* |
112 (89–177)* |
| p-Hydroxyphenyllactic acid |
1,543 (564–2,731) |
195 (159–371)*** |
254 (134–373)*** |
288 (269–772)* |
465 (314–836) |
| 1-Indolacetic acid |
0 |
262 (113–385)*** |
47 (0–218)* |
275 (228–499)*** |
0 (0–27) |
| 3-Indolacetic acid |
246 (183–628) |
93 (56–141)* |
181 (60–542) |
57(30–74)* |
231 (149–375) |
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Data presented as median (25th–75th percentile range). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.001, ***P < 0.0001, compared with sepsis patients. | |||||
Khodakova and Beloborodova Critical Care 2007 11(Suppl 4):P5 doi:10.1186/cc5984 |
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