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Table 3.

Iterative PLS-DA modeling cumulative results.

Metabolite	HCC vs HCV	Cumulative PLS-DA
	p-value^a	Sensitivity	Specificity	AUROC^b	LV^c
Arachidonyl lysolecithin	2.8E-06	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dioleoylphosphatidylcholine	1.0E-05	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
17beta-Estradiol 17-(beta-D-glucuronide)	1.3E-04	0.70	0.81	0.88	3
3-Deoxyvitamin D3	2.2E-04	0.70	0.81	0.88	3
Myristoyl L-a-lysophosphatidylcholine	2.6E-04	0.73	0.81	0.89	3
Choline	6.0E-04	0.68	0.91	0.89	3
Uric Acid	3E-03	0.73, 0.73	0.95, 0.95	0.89, 0.92	3,4

p-value determined from Welch’s t-test

area under the ROC curve

number of latent variables