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Table 4 Comparison of plasma concentrations of tryptophan metabolite by sex

From: Tryptophan metabolites and gut microbiota play an important role in pediatric migraine diagnosis

Variables

Male(n = 68)

Female(n = 52)

p

TRP

451.65(268.19,703.87)b

450.76(417.80,483.73)a

0.624

5-HT

342.87(317.47, 368.28)a

345.18(318.24, 372.12)a

0.904

KYN

3.31(1.30,4.35)b

3.29(1.09, 4.73)b

0.335

KYNA

616.48(592.90, 640.06)a

619.14(588.11, 650.16)a

0.892

QUIN

249.36(241.22, 257.49)a

260.97(252.01, 269.92)a

0.064

  1. anormally distributed data, represented by \(\overline{{\text{x}} }\pm 1.96 {\text{s}}\);
  2. bnonnormally distributed data, represented by Median (P2.5, P97.5)
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