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. 2018 May 10;13(5):e0196850. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196850

Table 2. Quantified data of important metabolites following alcohol consumption.

Variable Time 0 vs Time 1 (early effect) Time 0 Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Time 4 Time 0 vs Time 4 (late effect)
WRT p-value WRT Effect Size Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean WRT p-value WRT Effect Size
[BH Adjusted p-value] [FC] [SD] [SD] [SD] [SD] [SD] [BH Adjusted p-value] [FC]
DMF (N,N-dimethylformamide) 0.057 0.301 15.98 16.58 15.64 16.01 17.12 0.017 0.378
[0.079] [+1.038] [2.292] [2.613] [2.795] [2.308] [2.699] [0.047] [+1.071]
DMG (N,N-dimethylglycine) 0.052 0.307 8.472 9.656 9.190 8.168 8.438 1.000 0.000
[0.079] [+1.140] [7.965] [10.02] [9.230] [7.640] [7.274] [1.000] [–1.004]
Ethanol <0.0001 0.620 0.000 1389 6448 3440 1912 <0.0001 0.620
[0.0004] [> +100] [0.000] [1556] [2673] [1984] [1250] [0.001] [> +100]
Glycine 0.044 0.319 160.2 183.4 151.4 146.6 158.3 0.601 0.083
[0.077] [+1.145] [84.90] [86.26] [44.68] [50.45] [56.11] [0.701] [–1.012]
Hippuric acid 0.313 0.159 220.4 380.2 87.66 138.1 178.9 0.100 0.260
[0.313] [+1.725] [217.2] [393.7] [124.4] [344.7] [333.7] [0.156] [–1.232]
Hypoxanthine <0.0001 0.620 9.604 78.63 29.82 14.44 12.48 0.044 0.319
[0.0004] [+8.187] [7.029] [45.97] [14.99] [5.716] [5.191] [0.077] [+1.299]
Indoxyl sulphate 0.002 0.490 24.30 27.86 24.87 21.51 22.87 0.794 0.041
[0.005] [+1.147] [10.29] [13.42] [16.04] [14.25] [11.19] [0.855] [–1.063]
Lactic acid 0.001 0.508 70.90 179.9 92.74 75.96 72.79 0.006 0.431
[0.004] [+2.537] [61.39] [274.8] [19.59] [14.04] [16.26] [0.022] [+1.027]
Methylamine 0.006 0.431 4.556 5.282 5.937 5.186 5.059 0.033 0.336
[0.013] [+1.159] [2.146] [2.477] [2.256] [2.380] [2.263] [0.073] [+1.110]
Sorbitol <0.0001 0.620 0.000 653.2 852.8 426.2 289.0 0.000 0.614
[0.0004] [> +100] [0.000] [462.0] [625.7] [331.6] [253.3] [0.001] [> +100]
Taurine 0.062 0.295 100.6 108.2 109.7 113.5 118.7 0.006 0.437
[0.079] [+1.076] [29.71] [32.54] [29.86] [37.45] [36.49] [0.022] [+1.180]
TMAO (trimethylamine N-oxide) 0.002 0.502 51.18 58.32 60.31 62.45 62.00 0.037 0.331
[0.004] [+1.139] [23.90] [25.48] [29.26] [35.68] [32.48] [0.073] [+1.211]
Trimethylamine 0.100 0.260 1.753 1.987 1.763 1.654 1.615 0.167 0.218
[0.117] [+1.133] [1.229] [1.657] [1.680] [1.578] [1.436] [0.234] [–1.085]
Uric acid 0.247 0.183 0.963 0.713 0.336 0.487 0.743 0.211 0.198
[0.266] [–1.351] [0.760] [0.279] [0.168] [0.243] [0.566] [0.269] [–1.296]

All quantified values, except those for uric acid (expressed as mmol/L), are from NMR-determined urine analyses, and are expressed as μmol metabolite/mmol creatinine. WRT p-values are based on the comparison of the respective metabolite concentrations relative to time 0 for time 1 and time 4 of the “alcohol plus vehicle” intervention. P-values adjusted for multiple testing (14 tests in total) are also reported based on the Benjamini & Hochberg (BH) approach for controlling the rate of false discoveries. Positive and negative fold change values indicate up- and down-regulation of metabolites, relative to time 0, respectively.