Excess visceral adiposity induces alterations in mitochondrial function and energy metabolism in esophageal adenocarcinoma

Table 3 Quantified metabolites normalized to standard intensity of the spectra

% Metabolite Levels^a	Obese group		Non-obese group		P-value^b
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Acetate	0.18	0.22	0.18	0.24
Alanine	0.31	0.23	0.56	0.37	0.017
Ethanol	0.29	0.74	0.34	0.51
Isoleucine	0.07	0.04	0.12	0.08	0.029
Lactate	2.13	0.28	1.75	0.62	0.023
Leucine	0.10	0.06	0.15	0.10
Valine	0.10	0.07	0.21	0.14	0.004

^aMetabolites that were quantified and normalized to total intensity of the NMR spectrum. ^b P-value based on independent t-test. Bold values indicate higher values.

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