Figure 1.

Heat map analysis and cluster analysis of observed metabolomic profiles of the 1st cohort. (A) Red indicates higher than average metabolite concentrations, while green indicates those below average. The order of the metabolites was arranged on the basis of clustering analysis. The dotted line represents a cluster containing long-chain acylcarnitines. (B) Principal component analysis of participants’ plasma metabolites arranged by PC1 and PC3. (C,D) Factor loading in PC1 and PC3 listed according to statistical significance. Abbreviations: AC = acylcarnitine; CTR = control; PD = Parkinson’s disease; PC = principal component; N-MPEA = N-methylphenylethylamine.