Table 2.

Summary of statistical findings

Metabolites	HIV			Controls			HIV vs Control
	Average relative conc. (µmol/L)	±	Standard deviation	Average relative conc. (µmol/L)	±	Standard deviation	Fold change (< 0.5 or > 2.0)	Mann–Whitney U (< 0.1)	VIP score (> 1.0)	d-value (> 0.5)
3-Hydroxybutyric acid	0.0275	±	0.0313	0.0881	±	0.1479	0.31	0.0783		0.556
3-Hydroxyisovaleric acid	0.0017	±	0.0019	0.0007	±	0.0004	2.57	0.0078	1.48	0.864
4-Deoxythreonic acid	0.0018	±	0.0013	0.0006	±	0.0002	3.91	0.0031	1.98	1.039
D-Ribose	0.0062	±	0.0030	0.0040	±	0.0012		0.0116	1.51	2.288
Erythritol	0.0373	±	0.0272	0.0193	±	0.0056		0.0031	1.75	1.484
Glyceric acid	0.0201	±	0.0093	0.0132	±	0.0048		0.0302	1.40	2.199
Glycerol	0.4890	±	0.7098	0.1891	±	0.3843	2.59		1.10	0.532
Lactose	0.0019	±	0.0019	0.0006	±	0.0005	12.15		1.67	0.870
Methylphosphonic acid	0.0020	±	0.0008	0.0014	±	0.0006		0.0242	1.18	2.390
Myo-Inositol	0.4868	±	0.4873	0.2632	±	0.1057			1.11	1.183
Pyroglutamic acid	0.0642	±	0.0224	0.0484	±	0.0187		0.0377	1.24	2.538
Ribitol	0.0799	±	0.0311	0.0475	±	0.0109		0.0022	2.00	2.459
Ribonic acid	0.0141	±	0.0094	0.0083	±	0.0029		0.0193	1.47	1.688
Sorbitol	0.0167	±	0.0097	0.0096	±	0.0044		0.0042	1.53	1.665
Threonic acid	0.0433	±	0.0235	0.0258	±	0.0086		0.0031	1.65	1.944
Trehalose	0.0038	±	0.0036	0.0006	±	0.0006	6.33	0.0031	1.44	0.644
Undecylenic acid	0.0049	±	0.0006	0.0058	±	0.0013		0.0113	1.23	4.642
Urea	0.2480	±	0.2082	0.3759	±	0.2225		0.0853	1.37	1.539