Table 6 Comparison of mean LPA concentrations obtained in healthy subjects in previous studies. W- women, M- men, GC – gas chromatography, LC – liquid chromatography, MS- mass spectrometry

Bese et al. [17]

GC/MS

50 (W)

0.6 ± 0.42

Scherer et al. [35]

LC/MS/MS

10

0.699 ± 0.2

Baker et al. [36]

LC/MS

10

M: 0.61 ± 0.14

W: 0.74 ± 0.17

Xu et al. [37]

GC

48 (W)

0.6 ± 0.19

Hosogaya et al. [29]

Enzymatic

146

M: 0.077 ± 0.026

W: 0.103 ± 0.032

Li et al. [38]

LC/ measurement of inorganic phosphorus

136

1.77 ± 1.04

Yao et al. [30]

Microcolumn/ measurement of inorganic phosphorus

670

2.57 ± 1.96

Sedláková et al. [39]

Capillary electrophoresis

27

3.1 (range 0.94–9.73)