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Table 2 Changes in psychometric tests after glutamine load in patients and in healthy subjects

From: A capillary blood ammonia bedside test following glutamine load to improve the diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis

Test patients

Baseline

60 minutes

P value

Trail test A

2.7 ± 2.3

3.4 ± 2.5

0.04

Trail test B

2.4 ± 2.1

3.5 ± 29

0.001

Pegboard

0.09 ± 1.4

0.01 ± 1.5

0.63

Test controls

   

Trail test A

0.42 ± 1.2

0.51 ± 1.3

0.81

Trail test B

0.80 ± 1.5

0.77 ± 0.9

0.9

  1. Note: values expressed as Z-scores.
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BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

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