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Table 4 Age and measures of organic acids from an early morning spot urine collection of the second study population

From: Reliability of a dried urine test for comprehensive assessment of urine hormones and metabolites

Variable

All

Female (n = 15)

Male (n = 5)

Age (years)

34.4 ± 6.6

34.5 ± 6.6

34.0 ± 7.4

Methylmalonic acid (ng/mg-Cr)

0.18 (0.16, 0.25)

0.20 (0.16, 0.29)

0.16 (0.16, 0.18)

Homovanillic acid (ng/mg-Cr)b

0.52 ± 0.16

0.57 ± 0.14

0.35 ± 0.05

Vanillylmandelic acid (ng/mg-Cr)

0.41 ± 0.12

0.43 ± 0.12

0.36 ± 0.13

Kynurenic acid (ng/mg-Cr)

0.25 ± 0.08

0.26 ± 0.08

0.21 ± 0.05

Xanthurenic acid (ng/mg-Cr)

0.06 (0.05, 0.07)

0.06 (0.04, 0.07)

0.06 (0.05, 0.07)

5-HIAA (ng/mg-Cr)a

0.44 (0.40, 0.55)

0.47 (0.41, 0.58)

0.37 (0.36, 0.41)

Pyroglutamic acid (ng/mg-Cr)

4.06 ± 0.69

4.11 ± 0.78

3.90 ± 0.33

β-Hydroxyisovaleric acid (ng/mg-Cr)

0.27 ± 0.12

0.29 ± 0.13

0.21 ± 0.07

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD if normally distributed and median (IQR) if right-skewed
  2. ap < 0.05; bp < 0.01 for differences between males and females as assessed by the Student t-test or Wilcoxon rank-sum test
  3. 5-HIAA: 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid