Variable

Controls

Patients

Statistics

sAA at awakening (U/ml)

284
(10 – 1653)

379
(49 – 1300)

pM = 0.155

sAA at awakening + 30 min (U/ml)

199
(4 - 633)

307
(10 - 625)

pM = 0.083

sAA at evening (U/ml)

545
(51 – 1095)

503
(153 – 1590)

pM= 0.711

AUCG (U/ml)

3858 ± 1888
(281 – 9211)

4803 ± 2806
(830 – 10336)

pt = 0.179

SlopeWR

-102
(-2039 – 96)

-235
(-1925 – 303)

pM = 0.757

SlopeD

31
(4 – 57)

25
(-9 – 130)

pM = 0.789
Results shown in mean ± standard deviation (min-max) for data having normal
distribution (AUCG), for all others the median (min-max) is shown.
pt = Sig.(2-tailed) of independent-samples t-test
pM = Sig.(2-tailed) of Mann-Whitney U test
Table 2: Test for significant differences in sAA variables between controls and
patients: Independent sample t-test for normally distributed data, Mann-Whitney U
test as distribution-free test.