Table 2

Mean (standard deviation) of free-carnitine and acylcarnitines of non-responders and responders to azithromycin and controls.

Plasma (acyl)carnitine
Non Responders
Responders
P

(μmol/L)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)


Free carnitine
36.6 (9.3)
34.7 (8.3)
0.374
C2-carnitine
5.9 (2.6)
4.8 (1.7)
0.023
C3-carnitine
0.34 (0.12)
0.34 (0.15)
0.970
C4-carnitine
0.23 (0.10)
0.21 (0.11)
0.415
C8-carnitine
0.11 (0.04)
0.08 (0.04)
0.078
C14:1-carnitine
0.07 (0.04)
0.04 (0.03)
0.083
C16:1-carnitine
0.05 (0.04)
0.04 (0.02)
0.323
C18:1-carnitine
0.16 (0.10)
0.16 (0.14)
0.907

Vermeulen and Scholte Journal of Translational Medicine 2006 4:34   doi:10.1186/1479-5876-4-34