Effects of Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 on Postoperative Muscle and Substrate Metabolism
Table 6
Plasma amino acids (mol/L). Glutamine (Gln), branched chain amino acids (BCAAs), aromatic amino acids (AAAs), essential amino acids (EAAs), total sum of amio acids (Tot AAs).
D0
D3
Gln
Control
554 (491–640)
510 (454–530)
GH
565 (511–606)
554 (436–568)
GH-IGF-1
581 (519–593)
478 (421–485)*
BCAA
Control
384 (258–417)
430 (376–473)
GH
405 (359–422)
416 (323–436)
GH-IGF-1
367 (280–393)
409 (362–447)
AAA
Control
102 (85–115)
146 (127–157) **
GH
114 (90–122)
118 (109–133)#
GH-IGF-1
109 (84–134)
121 (116–132)
EAA
Control
983 (694–1054)
1094 (1016–1157)
GH
1010 (873–1126)
930 (806–1057)
GH-IGF-1
932 (892–1061)
965 (912–1039)
Tot AA
Control
2123 (1720–2381)
2100 (2029–2389)
GH
2160 (1990–2397)
2129 (1722–2406)
GH-IGF-1
2254 (1991–2338)
2011 (1907–2113)
*and **indicate a postoperative difference within the groups ( and ) as compared to D0, # and indicates a difference between the controls and the groups given growth factors (). Values are given as median and quartiles.
