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Table 4 Fecal neurotransmitters concentrations between the two groups

From: Altered gut microbiota and its metabolites correlate with plasma cytokines in schizophrenia inpatients with aggression

Items

ScZ-Ag

NScZ-Ag

P value

Tryptamine

0.11(0.16)

0.17(0.66)

0.233

Tryptophan

12.56(10.73)

15.86(12.83)

0.329

Serotonin hydrochloride

1.13(2.64)

0.16(0.41)

0.351

5-Hydroxytryptophan

0.04(0.03)

0.07(0.03)

0.005

Dopamine hydrochloride

0.07(0.13)

0.12(0.20)

0.256

Levodopa

0.17(0.12)

0.28(0.24)

0.031

Noradrenaline hydrochloride

8.48(7.70)

14.75(12.20)

0.035

Adrenaline hydrochloride

0.03(0.04)

0.07(0.06)

0.009

Kynurenic acid

0.08(0.12)

0.25(0.23)

0.003

Kynurenine

0.10(0.11)

0.14(0.12)

0.292

Aminobutyric acid

13.67(12.79)

15.40(22.32)

0.737

Tyramine

12.25(13.48)

11.18(8.75)

0.741

Tyrosine

65.54(39.09)

73.10(39.28)

0.498

Histamine

5.11(6.82)

6.60(11.68)

0.452

Histidine

0.73(0.75)

1.49(1.91)

0.002

Glutamine

110.58(69.53)

121.02(89.04)

0.646

Glutamic acid

112.27(76.22)

124.14(103.27)

0.646

Picolinic acid

0.01(0.04)

0.02(0.07)

0.400

Acetylcholine chloride

2.62(3.41)

2.34(2.50)

0.738

5-Hydroxyindole-3-Acetic acid

0.09(0.11)

0.15(0.11)

0.073

Xanthurenic acid

1.73(1.93)

3.21(4.02)

0.105

Vanillymandelic Acid

0.68(1.22)

1.10(1.58)

0.298

Melatonine

0.001(0.001)

0.001(0.001)

1.000

  1. All the units for neurotransmitter are μg/mg and all data were presented as mean (SD). Student t test was used for difference analysis between ScZ-Ag and NScZ-Ag groups