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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Oct 17;19(5):1785–1799. doi: 10.1002/alz.12800

TABLE 2.

Effects and significance for the 16 metabolites that were significant after metabolome-wide FDR correction in the ADAD versus CO comparisons and at least nominally significant in the sAD versus CO and TREM2 versus CO comparisons in the WUSM cohort

Metabolite ADAD vs. CO
sAD vs. CO
TREM2 vs. CO
ROSMAP(DLPFC Metabolon)
Effect P-value q-valuea Effect P-value Effect P-value Effect P-value
Aspartate 0.160 1.1 × 10−3 1.1 × 10−2 0.085 2.2 × 10−3 0.123 6.0 × 10−3 0.042 1.1 × 10−2
γ-glutamylthreonine 0.263 3.2 × 10−3 2.3 × 10−2 0.171 5.4 × 10−4 0.278 7.1 × 10−4 0.095 5.1 × 10−4
β-citrylglutamate −0.217 4.9 × 10−5 2.2 × 10−3 −0.148 2.1 × 10−4 −0.293 7.8 × 10−7 −0.062 3.7 × 10−4
Glutamate 0.086 7.1 × 10−3 3.9 × 10−2 0.048 1.7 × 10−2 0.071 6.5 × 10−3 0.060 1.1 × 10−8
N-acetylglutamate −0.207 1.7 × 10−5 1.0 × 10−3 −0.080 2.7 × 10−3 −0.122 3.2 × 10−3 −0.033 6.8 × 10−4
Ergothioneine −0.255 8.3 × 10−3 4.3 × 10−2 −0.213 8.0 × 10−5 −0.274 7.5 × 10−3 −0.092 2.5 × 10−2
3-hydroxy-2-ethylpropionate 0.177 2.0 × 10−3 1.7 × 10−2 0.099 4.4 × 10−2 0.195 8.7 × 10−3
1,5-anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG) 0.310 6.6 × 10−6 7.3 × 10−4 0.131 1.1 × 10−2 0.155 4.3 × 10−2 0.088 4.4 × 10−3
2-methylcitrate/homocitrate −0.171 1.3 × 10−3 1.2 × 10−2 −0.087 1.3 × 10−2 −0.118 2.9 × 10−2 −0.048 1.1 × 10−2
Glutarate (C5-DC) 0.252 7.3 × 10−5 2.3 × 10−3 0.121 5.7 × 10−3 0.170 1.6 × 10−2 0.090 1.5 × 10−5
CDP-choline −0.095 9.6 × 10−4 1.0 × 10−2 −0.040 4.6 × 10−2 −0.093 1.6 × 10−3 0.042 7.5 × 10−3
CDP-ethanolamine −0.102 6.1 × 10−4 7.7 × 10−3 −0.054 2.8 × 10−3 −0.128 1.8 × 10−4 −0.024 8.2 × 10−2
Glycerophosphoinositol −0.164 3.4 × 10−4 5.3 × 10−3 −0.095 1.3 × 10−3 −0.098 2.7 × 10−2 −0.021 4.5 × 10−2
Nicotinamide (vitamin B3) −0.066 6.8× 10−3 3.7 × 10−2 −0.032 1.9 × 10−2 −0.056 9.4 × 10−3 0.008 0.33
α-tocopherol (vitamin E) −0.120 4.1 × 10−5 2.0 × 10−3 −0.065 1.5 × 10−3 −0.115 1.8 × 10−5 −0.123 3.0 × 10−5
Retinol (vitamin A) −0.287 1.3 × 10−5 9.2 × 10−4 −0.156 8.0 × 10−4 −0.192 1.4 × 10−3 −0.196 2.9E-04

Note: Highlighted in bold are metabolites with significant metabolome-wide FDR-adjusted q-values in each group (see Table S6 for metabolome-wide sAD, TREM2, and ROSMAP q-values).

a

q-value represents metabolome-wide FDR adjusted significance for 627 metabolites.