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However, these findings have not been confirmed in other studies.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Objective:<\/jats:bold> To investigate the possible association between amino acid concentrations in the 1st day of life and the presence of PDA in a cohort of 121 newborns with gestational age (GA) below 30 weeks and birth weight (BW) below 1,500 g.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> Plasma samples were collected 6\u201312 h after birth and amino acid concentrations were determined by tandem mass spectrometry. Besides PDA, we analyzed the potential association of amino acid concentrations with infant sex, small for GA (SGA, defined as BW &amp;lt; third percentile), antenatal corticosteroids, chorioamnionitis, and preeclampsia. Group differences were analyzed by ANOVA adjusted for GA and BW. A Bonferroni significance threshold of <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.0024 was used to correct for multiple testing.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> PDA was found in 48 of the 121 infants examined. We observed higher mean levels of glutamate in infants with PDA (147.0 \u03bcmol\/L, SD 84.0) as compared with those without (106.7 \u03bcmol\/L, SD 49.1, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.0006). None of the other amino acid concentrations in the PDA group reached the level of statistical significance that was pre-set to correct for multiple comparisons. Glutamate levels were not significantly affected by infant sex, being SGA, or by exposure to antenatal corticosteroids, clinical chorioamnionitis, or preeclampsia.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> Our study not only does not confirm the previous findings of low glutamate levels in preterm infants with PDA, but we have even found elevated glutamate concentrations associated with PDA. 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