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Table 4 Median (and range) of selected nutrients in dogs pre and post weight loss

From: Status of selected nutrients in obese dogs undergoing caloric restriction

Nutrient

Mean ± SEM*

Before weight loss

After weight loss

P value

Choline (umol/L)

-

68.8 (34.1-287.8)

57.5 (22.9-129.9)

0.046

Betaine (umol/L)

-

94.8 (54.2-251.6)

83.0 (44.1-153.4)

0.79

Urinary selenium (umol/L)

-

1886 (51–7317)

2633 (430–4634)

0.31

Urinary Selenium:creatinine

-

0.10 (0.03-0.20)

0.14 (0.07-0.24)

0.006

Taurine (nmol/ml)

77 ± 2.1

99.7 (63.5-232.1)

109.9 (71.0-345.6)

0.19

Aspartic Acid (nmol/ml)

7 ± 0.2

14.0 (0.9-27.7)

12.5 (3.6-90.6)

0.73

Threonine (nmol/ml)

178 ± 5.0

211.4 (89.6-359.2)

184.5 (85.5-324.6)

0.02

Serine (nmol/ml)

107 ± 2.6

110.0 (72.8-168.1)

111.6 (71.0-151.7)

0.64

Asparagine (nmol/ml)

40 ± 1.1

37.3 (0.0-63.9)

39.0 (17.6-111.9)

0.68

Glutamic Acid (nmol/ml)

23 ± 1.2

154.2 (75.9-303.5)

117.4 (25.2-219.8)

0.07

Glutimine (nmol/ml)

-

485.4 (43.7-855.2)

452.3 (170.8-650.7)

0.27

Glycine (nmol/ml)

268 ± 8.4

188.6 (101.3-304.9)

204.7 (125.6-290.7)

0.045

Alanine (nmol/ml)

388 ± 9.6

373.3 (144.2-783.3)

384.8 (225.8-743.2)

0.99

Citrulline (nmol/ml)

41 ± 1.9

47.2 (0.0-159.3)

40.6 (0.0-99.9)

0.08

Amino-Butyric Acid (nmol/ml)

-

21.9 (0.0-64.6)

21.7 (5.0-53.3)

0.53

Valine (nmol/ml)

157 ± 4.1

186.0 (130.2-275.3)

188.2 (122.9-261.8)

0.52

Cystathione (nmol/ml)

-

3.2 (0.0-11.6)

3.8 (1.1-11.0)

0.64

Isoleucine (nmol/ml)

51 ± 1.3

67.0 (40.1-96.0)

65.3 (38.0-111.4)

0.23

Leucine (nmol/ml)

120 ± 3.2

122.6 (22.6-207.1)

124.8 (62.4-210.3)

0.62

Tyrosine (nmol/ml)

39 ± 1.1

38.9 (4.0-71.7)

38.7 (10.6-58.0)

0.49

Phenylalanine (nmol/ml)

45 ± 0.9

59.0 (5.6-91.6)

54.2 (20.9-89.6)

0.29

Ornithine (nmol/ml)

35 ± 1.5

15.3 (1.8-34.4)

14.5 (1.2-26.5)

0.22

Lysine (nmol/ml)

132 ± 5.0

117.7 (11.4-415.8)

93.4 (7.7-251.3)

0.14

1-Methyl-Histidine (nmol/ml)

-

6.2 (0.0-27.0)

6.7 (0.0-40.6)

0.82

Histidine (nmol/ml)

71 ± 1.6

57.8 (3.5-95.4)

59.0 (10.4-90.4)

0.45

Tryptophan (nmol/ml)

60 ±1.7

62.2 (28.7-115.3)

53.2 (19.9-100.0)

0.06

3-Methyl-Histidine (nmol/ml)

-

10.5 (4.0-15.9)

9.4 (4.8-19.5)

0.40

Carnosine (nmol/ml)

-

29.7 (12.3-49.5)

24.2 (11.5-51.6)

0.09

Arginine (nmol/ml)

102 ± 2.6

79.5 (25.8-265.8)

80.9 (15.6-130.0)

0.11

Hydroxyproline (nmol/ml)

67 ± 4.1

22.5 (1.1-52.1)

22.0 (0.0-103.7)

0.24

Proline (nmol/ml)

246 ± 8.2

140.0 (80.4-234.0)

123.6 (85.3-327.6)

0.79

  1. * References ranges taken from Delaney et al., 2003 [21].