Uremic Solutes Database
Solute Details for β-Endorphin
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Base data
Name β-Endorphin
Molecular weight 3465
Group Peptide
Class Middle molecule
Added 16.09.2009
Reference Pubmed: 12675874
Submitted by Vanholder
Reviewed by Abou Deif

Normal concentrations (CN)
DateMean (+/-SD) (low Range - high Range)nReferenceSubmitted byReviewed byNotes
22.07.1992 (?-173.30) ng/L10Elevated plasma levels of opioid pept...VanholderAbou Deif[10] [16]
Grand mean173.30 ng/L10
ANOVA
Dispersion

Uremic concentrations (CU)
DateMean (+/-SD) (low Range - high Range)nReferenceSubmitted byReviewed byNotes
22.07.1992301.50 (?-492.00) ng/L22Elevated plasma levels of opioid pept...VanholderAbou Deif[12] [16]
30.03.1993374.20 (+/-101.90) ng/L7Erythropoietin treatment and plasma l...Abou DeifArgiles
26.02.1996273.74 (+/-43.83) ng/L10Dialysis fluid temperature and vasoac...Abou DeifArgiles
12.02.199722.90 (+/-7.30) ng/L20Effects of haemodialysis session on p...Abou DeifArgiles
Grand mean157.16 (+/-50.12) (22.90-492.00) ng/L37
ANOVAF(2,34) = 461.10, p=0.00: Significant differences between group means.
DispersionL:22.90, M:157.16, H:492.00 : C - (Wide scatter: High uncertainty.)

Relative increase (CU/CN) 0.91 times higher than the average normal concentration.

Pathological associations
No clinical associations available.

Notes
10Only maximum range available, or detection limit used as maximum range.
12Average value represents median instead of mean.
16Excluded from analysis of variance for missing arithmetic mean, standard deviation or sample count.