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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Feb 4;143(4):873–878. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.09.070

Table 3.

Relationship Between Metabolite Factor Levels and Adverse Events

Factor Name Factor Levels – No
Event Subjects
(N=352)
Factor Levels – Event
Subjects
(N=126)
Hazard Ratio [95%
Confidence Interval]
P*
1 Medium-Chain Acylcarnitines −0.02 ± 1.1 0.06 ± 0.74 1.07 [0.94-1.23] 0.30
2 Short Chain Dicarboxyl-
acylcarnitines
−0.09 ± 0.85 0.24 ± 1.3 1.19 [1.07-1.33] 0.001
3 Long-Chain Dicarboxyl-
acylcarnitines
−0.04 ± 0.81 0.12 ± 1.39 1.11 [0.99-1.24] 0.08
4 Long Chain Acylcarnitines 0.03 ± 1.00 −0.09 ± 0.99 0.90 [0.75-1.08] 0.25
5 Ketone-Related −0.07 ± 0.92 0.19 ± 1.17 1.21 [1.04-1.41] 0.02
6 Short-Chain Acylcarnitines −0.07 ± 0.71 0.19 ± 1.52 1.20 [1.06-1.35] 0.004
7 Branched-Chain Amino Acids −0.01 ± 0.98 0.03 ± 1.06 1.02 [0.85-1.21] 0.87
8 Urea Cycle Amino Acids 0.03 ± 0.97 −0.09 ± 1.08 0.91 [0.72-1.13] 0.39
9 Amino Acids −0.001 ± 1.01 0.002 ± 0.98 1.15 [0.96-1.38] 0.13
10 Various −0.04 ± 0.99 0.10 ± 1.03 1.02 [0.86-1.20] 0.86
11 Medium-Chain Acylcarnitines −0.05 ± 0.95 0.14 ± 1.12 1.16 [0.99-1.37] 0.07
12 Various −0.02 ± 0.98 0.05 ± 1.05 1.07 [0.90-1.27] 0.48

Metabolite factors significantly associated with time-to-event are highlighted in bold.

*

P-value for univariate Cox proportional hazards regression model of association of factor level with time-to-event.