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. 2015 Oct 27;9(10):e0004200. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004200

Table 1. Discriminatory lipid species observed in plasma via UPLC-MS.

Lipid Species ESI+ ESI-
P-value % Difference P-value % Difference
Increased in HAT Cer (d42:2) - - 2.51E-03 54.30%
PC (32:0) 2.49E-05 104.20% 2.58E-03 111.70%
PC (32:1) - - 1.29E-04 62.50%
PC (34:1) - - 8.21E-03 35.00%
PC (34:2) - - 1.29E-04 40.20%
PC(O-34:1)/ PC(P-34:0) 3.93E-04 86.20% 2.00E-03 84.30%
PE (36:2) - - 2.51E-03 54.40%
PS (39:3) - - 4.42E-03 37.50%
SM (d34:1) 1.75E-02 96.10% - -
TG (51:2) 6.52E-05 98.00% - -
TG (52:3) 4.40E-03 45.40% - -
TG (53:2) 6.73E-04 86.10% - -
TG (53:3) 4.02E-04 77.50% - -
TG (54:2) 3.74E-04 70.30% - -
TG (54:5) 2.20E-03 68.20% - -
Decreased in HAT CE (18:2) 1.12E-04 -53.10% - -
LysoPC (16:0) 1.93E-05 -58.60% 5.42E-04 -60.10%
LysoPC (18:0) 1.11E-04 -72.60% 4.42E-03 -69.50%
LysoPC (18:1) 1.98E-05 -66.50% 1.00E-04 -62.50%
LysoPC (18:2) 3.28E-04 -80.50% 3.18E-04 -78.20%
LysoPC (20:3) 5.97E-05 -75.00% 7.00E-04 -77.90%
LysoPC (20:4) 4.36E-06 -75.60% 2.62E-04 -73.10%
PC (40:5) 1.13E-02 -39.20% - -
PC (36:3) 6.56E-03 -33.90% - -
PC (38:3) 1.93E-03 -43.00% 2.51E-03 -30.70%
PC (38:5) 1.71E-02 -40.90% 1.29E-04 -28.80%
PC (38:6) 1.63E-02 -33.30% - -
PC (40:4) 3.25E-03 -47.90% - -
PC (40:6) 2.94E-02 -32.70% - -
PC(O-34:3)/PC(P-34:2) 8.43E-04 -52.80% - -
SM (d38:1) - - 3.46E-03 -37.60%
SM (d39:1) - - 4.42E-03 -52.10%
SM (d40:1) 1.01E-03 -43.90% 3.46E-03 -48.60%
SM (d40:2) - - 2.58E-03 -60.20%
SM (d41:1) 1.06E-03 -58.60% 2.00E-03 -48.20%
SM (d41:2) - - 4.42E-03 -55.30%
SM (d42:1) - - 3.92E-04 -52.50%

Molecular species that not detected in a particular electro-spray ionisation (ESI) mode were omitted from the table. For more description of detected lipid species (including retention times and mass/charge ratios) see supplementary S2 Table.

Abbreviations: -, no discriminatory marker detected that ionisation mode; Cer, ceramide; CE, cholesterol ester; LysoPC, lysophosphatidylcholine; LysoPE, lysophosphatidylethanolamine; NS, not statistically significant; PC, phosphatidylcholine; PE, phosphatidylehtanolamine; PS, phosphatidylserine; RT, retention time; SM, sphingomyelin.