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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Invest. 2010 Dec 14;41(5):527–538. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2010.02441.x

TABLE 6.

Plasma metabolites levels in patients with primary DCM that were not treated with a specific heart failure medication

No β blockers (N=7) No ACE inhibitor
(N=13)
No Furosemide
(N=13)
No aldosterone receptor
blockers (N=36)
No Digoxin (N=23)
Androsterone sulfate 1-
linoleoylglycerop
hosphocholine
Glutamine 5alpha-pregnan-3beta,20alpha-
diol disulfate
5alpha-pregnan-
3beta,20alpha-diol disulfate
Dehydroisoandrosterone
sulfate (DHEA-S)
Iminodiacetate (IDA) Stearidonate (18:4n3)
Epiandrosterone sulfate Deoxycholate Deoxycholate
4-androsten-3beta,17beta-
diol monosulfate 1
Stearidonate (18:4n3) Iminodiacetate (IDA)
Deoxycholate Paraxanthine Paraxanthine
4-androsten-3beta,17beta-
diol disulfate 1
2-
linoleoylglycerophosphoethanol
amine
Linolenate [α or γ; (18:3n3 or
6)]
Pregn steroid monosulfate Dehydroisoandrosterone
sulfate (DHEA-S)
docosapentaenoate (n3 DPA;
22:5n3)
Histidine Indolepropionate Dehydroisoandrosterone
sulfate (DHEA-S)
Gamma-glutamylisoleucine 1-
heptadecanoylglycerophosphoc
holine
dihomo-linoleate (20:2n6)
Acetylcarnitine 1-
oleoylglycerophosphoethanola
mine
epiandrosterone sulfate
Choline Linolenate [α or γ; (18:3n3 or
6)]
2-
linoleoylglycerophosphoethano
lamine*
2-methylbutyroylcarnitine γ-tocopherol oleate (18:1n9)
Erythronate Pregn steroid monosulfate Linoleate (18:2n6)
Erythritol 1-
linoleoylglycerophosphocholine
Margarate (17:0)
Pseudouridine 1-
linoleoylglycerophosphoethanol
amine
10-heptadecenoate (17:1n7)
Bilirubin (Z,Z) Stearate (18:0) Indolepropionate
Glycocholenate sulfate* 1-
stearoylglycerophosphocholine
Pregn steroid monosulfate
Pro-hydroxy-pro Linoleate (18:2n6) Stearate (18:0)
4-acetamidobutanoate Nonadecanoate (19:0) Myristate (14:0)
Myo-inositol Threonine 1-
linoleoylglycerophosphocholin
e
3-methylhistidine 1-oleoylglycerophosphocholine 1-
eicosatrienoylglycerophosphoc
holine
Taurocholenate sulfate Glutamine Palmitate (16:0)
Stachydrine Phenylalanine 1-palmitoylglycerol (1-
monopalmitin)
Methylglutaroylcarnitine Choline Nonadecanoate (19:0)
7-alpha-hydroxy-3-oxo-4-
cholestenoate (7-Hoca)
Threonine
Erythronate Dihomo-linolenate (20:3n3 or
n6)
Kynurenine Glutamine
Pseudouridine Choline
2-hydroxybutyrate (AHB) 7-α-hydroxy-3-oxo-4-
cholestenoate (7-Hoca)
3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)lactate Xanthine
C-glycosyltryptophan Erythronate
4-acetamidobutanoate Pyruvate
Pro-hydroxy-pro Erythritol
Creatine Pseudouridine
3-methylhistidine Urea
Myo-inositol 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)lactate
α-ketoglutarate C-glycosyltryptophan
Cortisol Creatine
Glutamate Pro-hydroxy-pro
[H]HWESASLLR[OH] 4-acetamidobutanoate
Stachydrine Myo-inositol
Taurocholenate sulfate α-ketoglutarate
Methylglutaroylcarnitine Cortisol
Taurocholenate sulfate
Methylglutaroylcarnitine

Figure legend: Blue and red colors indicate plasma metabolites that were reduced or increased, respectively, in patients with primary DCM who were not treated with a specific heart failure medication as compared to controls (q<0.05).