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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Prenat Diagn. 2011 Jul 11;31(10):990–994. doi: 10.1002/pd.2822

Table 2.

Significant metabolites identified in first-trimester maternal serum (unadjusted).

Metabolite Class β-
coefficient
(95% CI)
p-value AUC
(95%
CI)
Up/down in
Preeclampsia
C5OH (Hydroxyisovalerylcarnitine/Hydroxymethybutyrylcarnitine Acyl carnitine 30.9 (6.8–55.0) 0.012 0.67 (0.57–0.76) Increased
C6OH (Hydroxyhexanoylcarnitine) Acyl carnitine 34.3 (4.5–64.0) 0.024 0.67(0.57–0.76) Increased
Phenylalanine Amino acid 0.06 (0.02–0.10) 0.006 0.68 (0.58–0.77) Increased
Glutamate Amino acid 0.03 (0.01–0.04) 0.002 0.73 (0.63–0.81) Increased
Arginine Amino acid 0.02 (0.01–0.03) 0.004 0.70 (0.60–0.79) Increased
Alanine Amino acid 0.02 (0.01–0.03) 0.009 0.68 (0.58–0.77) Increased
Hydroxyproline Amino acid 0.11 (0.03–0.20) 0.012 0.68(0.58–0.77) Increased
Combined 0.0001 0.84 (0.75–0.91)