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Table 4.

Statistical characteristics of metabolic correlation networks.

Number of nodes	<k>^c	L^d	C^e	D^f	N_max^g	N_max%^h
70^a	2.26	3.43	0.50	8	34	48.57
20^b	2.60	1. 7 3	0.60	3	11	55.00

Metabolic correlation network based on 70 identified plasma metabolites.

Critical metabolic correlation network based on 20 altered metabolites between young hypertensive men and healthy controls.

<k>the average degree.

L, the average path length.

C, the clustering coefficient.

D, the diameter.

N_max, the size of the largest cluster.

N_max%, the percentage of N_max in all nodes of the network.