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Table 2 Correlation between AA involved in energy need and dive parameters at T1 and T2

From: Serum Amino Acid Profile Changes After Repetitive Breath-Hold Dives: A Preliminary Study

Amino acid	T1						T2
	Mean of depth		No of dives		Maximum depth		Mean of depth		No of dives		Maximum depth
	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r
Alanine	Ns	0.44	Ns	0.14	Ns	− 0.41	Ns	0.12	Ns	− 0.15	Ns	− 0.01
Histidine	0.02*	0.67	Ns	− 0.12	Ns	− 0.40	Ns	0.4	Ns	− 0.37	Ns	− 0.04
Isoleucine	0.04*	0.59	Ns	− 0.40	Ns	− 0.36	Ns	0.50	Ns	− 0.51	Ns	− 0.45
Leucine	0.02*	0.68	Ns	− 0.37	Ns	− 0.48	Ns	0.5	Ns	− 0.53	Ns	− 0.54
Lysine	0.02*	0.68	Ns	− 0.13	Ns	− 0.55	Ns	0.41	Ns	− 0.53	Ns	− 0.12
Methionine	Ns	0.55	Ns	− 0.15	Ns	− 0.25	Ns	0.25	Ns	− 0.57	Ns	0.12
Proline	0.04*	0.61	Ns	0.10	Ns	− 0.41	Ns	0.22	Ns	− 0.07	Ns	− 0.05
Threonine	0.01**	0.80	Ns	− 0.02	0.03*	− 0.62	Ns	0.45	Ns	− 0.40	Ns	− 0.27
Valine	0.01**	0.72	Ns	− 0.25	Ns	− 0.48	0.05*	0.58	Ns	− 0.42	Ns	− 0.44

Ns not statistically significant
^*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ****p < 0.0001

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