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. 2013 Sep 26;9:186. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-186

Table 3.

The potential diagnostic biomarkers of any two groups of CK, SK, and NC

No Compoundsa CK vs NC
SK vs NC
CK vs SK
LR+b AUCc LR+b AUCc LR+b AUCc
1
GA
0.25
0.122
0.38
0.176
 
 
2
L-ala
0.06
0.149
 
 
0.30
0.216
3
L-ser
 
 
 
 
0.36
0.240
4
GLCA
0.19
0.153
0.05
0.19
 
 
5
Erythritol
0.28
0.161
 
 
 
 
6
Ribitol
0.26
0.171
 
 
 
 
7
Glc
0.24
0.176
1.07
0.259
 
 
8
LA
0.07
0.178
0.18
0.199
 
 
9
Gal
0.34
0.184
0.42
0.22
 
 
10
GABA
0.15
0.221
 
 
0.26
0.261
11
DHB
 
 
 
 
0.36
0.257
12
THB
0.38
0.231
 
 
 
 
13
pGlu
0.47
0.269
 
 
 
 
14
MMA
 
 
1.01
0.283
 
 
15
Melibiose
1.05
0.277
 
 
 
 
16
Citrate
 
 
 
 
0.42
0.281
17
3HV
 
 
2.32
0.79
 
 
18
AABA
 
 
11.80
0.79
 
 
19
L-leu
1.89
0.638
 
 
 
 
20
Xylitol
3.16
0.752
 
 
 
 
21
Gly
2.33
0.76
7.90
0.837
 
 
22
2Me3HB
3.60
0.764
 
 
 
 
23
AMA
2.57
0.773
3.09
0.822
 
 
24
AABA
1.05
0.773
 
 
 
 
25
αTP
2.37
0.783
 
 
 
 
26
L-ile
3.16
0.814
3.32
0.827
 
 
27
HMG
4.07
0.848
 
 
 
 
28
Sitosterol
3.00
0.88
 
 
1.91
0.741
29
PA
6.35
0.897
5.29
0.838
 
 
30
C-9-HA
3.81
0.909
2.75
0.842
 
 
31
Hep
7.02
0.911
5.15
0.866
 
 
32
MA
6.01
0.913
3.21
0.845
 
 
33
SA
6.35
0.913
3.44
0.842
 
 
34
2PC
4.97
0.918
7.78
0.923
 
 
35
T-9-OA
4.21
0.924
3.58
0.868
 
 
36
3HV
9.09
0.95
 
 
2.38
0.764
37 BHBA 10.22 0.977 8.13 0.965 5.11 0.953

aAbbreviations of compounds’ name are same as Table  2.

b+LR, positive likelihood ratio.

cAUC, area under the curve. If AUC value is more than 7.00 or less than 0.30, compound is considered to be a potential diagnostic biomarker of disease.