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Published in final edited form as: Metabolism. 2013 Feb 1;62(7):961–969. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2013.01.007

Table 4.

Mean metabolite factor levels stratified by metabolic fitness and BMI categories.

Factor	Overall			Lean			Overweight			Obese
Factor	MW^a	MUW	p^*	MW	MUW	p^*	MW	MUW	p^*	MW	MUW	p^*
1) Medium Chain Acylcarnitines	0.06 (0.96)	−0.01 (1.01)	0.89	0.04 (.94)	0.09 (1.55)	0.50	−0.07 (0.69)	−0.08 (0.76)	0.84	0.21 (1.18)	−0.009 (0.89)	0.07
2) Long chain dicarboxyl acylcarnitines	−0.04 (0.84)	0.007 (1.03)	0.59	0.05 (1.09)	0.11 (0.79)	0.05	−0.03 (0.81)	0.09 (1.14)	0.16	−0.15 (0.45)	−0.08 (1.03)	0.59
3) Ketone related	0.16 (1.20)	−0.04 (0.94)	.0058	0.38 (1.37)	0.18 (1.03)	0.26	0.20 (1.29)	0.02 (1.02)	0.33	−0.13 (0.74)	−0.16 (0.83)	0.52
4) BCAA related	−0.26 (0.95)	0.06 (1.00)	<.0001	−0.46 (1.02)	−0.33 (0.96)	0.18	−0.26 (0.93)	−0.07 (0.96)	0.07	−0.003 (0.82)	0.30 (0.98)	0.0006
5) Long chain acylcarnitines	−0.09 (0.91)	0.02 (1.02)	.09	−0.06 (0.93)	0.13 (1.20)	0.33	−0.01 (0.99)	0.01 (1.03)	0.61	−0.22 (0.78)	−0.01 (0.93)	0.05
6) Medium chain acylcarnitines	−0.18 (0.89)	0.04 (1.01)	<.0001	−0.31 (0.90)	−0.01 (1.17)	0.0004	−0.20 (1.01)	−0.01 (1.07)	0.040	−0.005 (0.72)	0.09 (0.90)	0.41
7) Short chain dicarboxyl acylcarnitines	−0.05 (0.53)	0.01 (1.08)	0.53	−0.07 (0.33)	0.22 (2.16)	0.04	0.06 (0.79)	0.05 (0.74)	0.95	−0.15 (0.34)	−0.09 (0.50)	0.24
8) Various	−0.31 (0.98)	0.07 (0.99)	<.0001	−0.38 (1.0)	0.22 (0.88)	<.0001	−0.13 (0.98)	0.25 (0.90)	0.0008	−0.43 (0.94)	−0.09 (1.05)	0.0015
9) Short chain acylcarnitines	−0.19 (0.89)	0.04 (1.02)	<.0001	−0.27 (0.84)	−0.06 (1.11)	0.14	−0.08 (0.93)	−0.03 (1.08)	0.64	−0.21 (0.91)	0.13 (0.93)	.0003
10) Amino Acids	0.20 (1.05)	−0.05 (0.98)	0.0002	0.43 (1.13)	0.30 (1.05)	0.66	0.23 (1.03)	0.02 (0.97)	0.09	−0.10 (0.88)	−0.23 (0.92)	0.17
11) Various	−0.12 (0.90)	0.03 (1.02)	0.0068	−0.04 (1.02)	0.26 (1.20)	0.0047	0.004 (0.89)	0.11 (1.02)	0.40	−0.33 (0.72)	−0.11 (0.92)	0.02
12) Various	−0.14 (1.79)	0.03 (0.95)	0.04	−0.71 (1.27)	−0.14 (0.94)	<.0001	0.33 0.92)	0.10 (0.75)	0.01	0.05 (1.02)	0.05 (1.06)	0.91

^a

values expressed as mean(SD)

^*

p-value for the difference in mean metabolite factor levels between MW and MUW groups.

MUW (Metabolically Unwell)

MW (Metabolically Well)