Tuberculous pleural effusion (n=20)
Malignant pleural effusion (n=20)
Transudative pleural effusion (n=18)
F
P value
L-Alanine
89.51±19.67†
108.21±16.04
105.90±16.78
3.369
0.049*
Citric acid
19.42±7.20†
26.80±6.89
24.26±4.73
4.165
0.027*
Betaine
110.51±19.86
130.20±20.40
130.22±28.99
2.351
0.114
Creatine
3.95±1.22†
7.67±3.36
7.45±3.21
5.647
0.009**
LDL
37.21±4.00
37.56±12.25
23.11±5.15†
10.577
0.000**
Aspartate
0.77±0.70
1.56±1.40
1.55±1.19
1.599
0.221
Pyruvic acid
21.88±6.60
25.18±7.86
26.46±9.08
0.893
0.421
Glutamine
37.41±11.96
45.38±11.36
43.90±15.60
1.049
0.364
L-glutamine
38.23±13.00
47.23±12.14
44.75±16.88
1.078
0.354
Succinate
5.34±1.72
7.45±3.86
8.47±2.92
2.895
0.073
Acetate
2.94±0.70
3.26±1.43
3.77±1.08
1.397
0.265
Putrescine
13.81±5.67
14.88±5.11
17.34±5.63
1.094
0.349
L-lactic acid
0.09±0.16
0.68±0.57†
0.17±0.24
7.567
0.002**
ANOVA showed *P < 0.05 ** P < 0.01.Data are presented as mean ± SD.
SNK-q showed †p < 0.05 compared with each of the other two groups. The
comparisons were determined by one-way analysis of variance
Table 4:
Statistical results of ANOVA and SNK-q.
