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. 2019 Feb 11;14(2):e0212115. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212115

Table 6. Pearson correlation coefficients (r) between gains in MPO and baseline muscle metabolites levels in TIMES.

Skeletal muscle metabolites# ET (n = 29) HIIT (n = 28)
∆ MPO ∆ MPO
Alcohols and polyols
Ethyleneglycol 0.19 -0.06
Myo-Inositol 0.24 -0.04
Amino acids
Alanine 0.40 LT 0.01
Anserine 0.18 LT -0.24
β-Alanine 0.20 LT -0.02
Glutamate 0.40 LT 0.05
Glutamine 0.34 LT -0.04
Glycine 0.36 LT -0.08
Histidine 0.40 LT -0.06
Isoleucine 0.30 0.17
Leucine 0.13 LT 0.20
Phenylalanine 0.46 0.00
Proline 0.38 LT 0.19
Threonine 0.46 LT -0.12
Tyrosine 0.12 LT 0.11
Valine -0.12 0.11
Carboxylic acids
Acetate 0.35 0.14
Betaine 0.07 -0.16
Citrate 0.08 -0.01
Creatine 0.35 LT 0.13
Creatinephosphate -0.04 LT -0.14
Creatinine 0.38 0.02
Formate 0.23 LT 0.06
Fumarate 0.21 0.05
Glutathione 0.40 LT -0.25
Isobutyrate 0.45 LT 0.09
Isocitrate 0.26 -0.29
Maleate 0.01 0.10
Malonate 0.19 LT 0.09
N,N-Dimethylglycine 0.33 -0.12
N-Acetylaspartate 0.33 -0.20
N-Acetylglutamine 0.23 -0.19
Nicotinurate 0.18 0.00
Ornithine 0.30 LT -0.19
Succinate 0.20 LT 0.15
π-Methylhistidine 0.21 LT 0.04
τ-Methylhistidine -0.28 0.35 LT
Fatty acids
2-Hydroxyisocaproate 0.34 LT -0.04
3-Hydroxyisovalerate 0.33 LT 0.23
O-Acetylcarnitine 0.26 LT 0.12
Hydroxy acids
Glycolate -0.09 -0.42
Lactate 0.30 0.04
Imidazopyrimidines
3-Methylxanthine 0.38 -0.25
Oxypurinol 0.26 LT -0.06
Theophylline 0.36 -0.15
Nucleosides and nucleotides
ADP 0.31 -0.01
AMP 0.38 -0.04
ATP 0.28 LT -0.03
NAD+ 0.23 LT -0.16
NADP+ 0.11 LT -0.23
Organic oxygen compounds
2-Phosphoglycerate 0.37 0.15
Glucose 0.22 LT -0.19
Glycerol 0.01 0.08
Organic nitrogen compounds
Carnitine 0.29 0.02
Choline -0.16 -0.12
Dimethylamine 0.36 LT 0.05
Histamine 0.45 LT 0.13
Methylamine 0.29 LT 0.30
N-Nitrosodimethylamine 0.22 -0.02
Trimethylamine 0.17 LT -0.15
Trimethylamine-N-oxide 0.31 LT -0.15
Tartrate -0.04 0.04
Unclustered
2-Hydroxyphenylacetate 0.36 0.07
Acetamide 0.16 -0.30
Carnosine 0.11 -0.06
Dimethylsulfone 0.24 -0.24
Niacinamide 0.32 -0.01
Pyrimidine 0.11 LT 0.04
Pyruvate 0.42 -0.18
Taurine 0.18 LT -0.03

ET: Continuous endurance training; HIIT: High-intensity interval training; MPO: Maximal power output; ∆: Change pre to post intervention. LT Data log transformed before analysis. Bold values are correlation coefficients (r) ≥ 0.2.

# Metabolites chemical taxonomy was based on class and sub-class from Human Metabolome Database.