Diagnostic value of amino acid consumption test on exocrine pancreatic insufficiency

Table 2 The change of plasma amino acid level in O-AACT and I-AACT (mean ± SD, mmol/L)

AACT	Time (min)	Group 1 (n = 12)	Group 2 (n = 36)	Group 3 (n = 48)
I-AACT	0	4.23 ± 0.78	4.64 ± 1.49	3.91 ± 1.32
	45	3.13 ± 0.068a1	3.53 ± 1.49a6	3.65 ± 1.19
	60	2.68 ± 0.85a2	3.09 ± 1.21a7	3.49 ± 1.19
	90	3.67 ± 0.90	4.08 ± 1.47	3.66 ± 1.24
O-AACT	0	4.24 ± 1.19	4.67 ± 1.45	3.99 ± 1.26
	45	2.73 ± 0.99a3	4.05 ± 1.43	3.57 ± 1.24b1
	60	2.05 ± 0.94a4	3.01 ± 1.17a8	3.60 ± 1.20b2
	90	2.94 ± 1.12a5	3.84 ± 1.49a9	3.89 ± 1.29

^aP ＜ 0.05, in comparison with 0 min in the same group and the same method. Analysis of variance:

^a1F = 13.679,

^a2F = 21.45,

^a3F = 11.487,

^a4F = 25.095,

^a5F = 7.637,

^a6F = 9.938,

^a7F = 23.792,

^a8F = 28.622,

^a9F = 5.799. ^bP ＜ 0.05, in comparison with Group 1, analysis of variance:

^b1F = 4.746,

^b2F = 17.379.