Prospective Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2015; 21(12): 3636-3643
Published online Mar 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i12.3636
Table 3 Comparison of neopterin, tryptophan, kynurenine, nitrite, biopterin levels (mean ± SE) in Helicobacter pylori seropositive controls and Helicobacter pylori seropositive colorectal cancer patients
H. pylori seropositivecontrol group(n = 71)H. pylori seropositivecolorectal cancer group (n = 78)P value
Serum neopterin (nmol/L)7.44 ± 0.6121.8 ± 3.050.0001a
Tryptophan (nmol/L)20.71 ± 0.8114.97 ± 0.790.0001a
Kynurenine (nmol/L)0.89 ± 0.131.28 ± 0.110.0001a
Kynurenine/tryptophan (μmol/mmol)47.31 ± 5.93109.65 ± 11.500.0001a
Nitrite (μmol/L)26.04 ± 2.3920.41 ± 1.480.017a
Urinary biopterin/creatinine (μmol/mol)124.65 ± 9.84120.69 ± 9.980.607