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Fig. 4

From: Very high intact-protein formula successfully provides protein intake according to nutritional recommendations in overweight critically ill patients: a double-blind randomized trial

Fig. 4

Total serum amino acid concentrations at baseline and day 5. The total serum amino acid concentration is the sum of leucine, isoleucine, valine, histidine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, citrulline, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, serine, and tyrosine. Box plot interpretation: 0 or +: average value, −: median, rectangle bottom: quartile 1 cut point (25th percentile), rectangle upper: quartile 3 cut point (75th percentile). 0 or +: outliers more than 1.5 times IQR above quartile 3 or below quartile 1, T: highest or lowest level not being an outlier. * Statistically significant between-group difference derived by two-way analysis of variance with treatment, center and baseline as factors. Baseline measurements that were not within 4 hours before the start of study product administration were excluded from statistical analysis (standard high-protein formula [SHPF], n = 20; very high protein formula [VHPF], n = 18)

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