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. 2019 Apr 10;8:e13. doi: 10.1017/jns.2019.12

Table 2.

Metabolites with >2-fold percentage standard deviation related to inter-individual difference

Ontology Metabolite Inter Intra Inter:intra proportion Occasion P
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Sphingomyelin (d18 : 1, C23 : 0) 0·002 <0·001 0·865:0·135 0·031
Amino acids related Kynurenic acid 0·061 0·010 0·863:0·137 0·009
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Arachidonic acid (C20:cis(5,8,1114)4)* 0·011 0·002 0·859:0·141 0·000
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Linoleic acid (C18:cis(9,12)2)* 0·014 0·003 0·828:0·172 0·055
Carbohydrates and related scyllo-Inositol 0·011 0·002 0·825:0·175 0·867
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Stearic acid (C18 : 0)* 0·008 0·002 0·823:0·177 0·063
Energy metabolism and related 3-Hydroxybutyrate 0·066 0·015 0·814:0·186 0·014
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Cholesterol, total* 0·012 0·003 0·812:0·188 0·214
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Ethanolamine plasmalogen (C39 : 5) (additional: choline plasmalogen (C36 : 5)) 0·003 0·001 0·809:0·191 0·056
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Sphingomyelin (d18 : 1, C24 : 0) 0·002 0·000 0·806:0·194 0·464
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Lignoceric acid (C24 : 0)* 0·012 0·003 0·798:0·202 0·007
Carbohydrates and related 1,5-Anhydrosorbitol 0·014 0·004 0·777:0·223 0·779
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Nervonic acid (C24:cis(15)1)* 0·010 0·003 0·776:0·224 0·062
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Behenic acid (C22 : 0)* 0·008 0·002 0·771:0·229 0·077
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Cholestenol no. 02* 0·011 0·003 0·769:0·231 0·187
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Palmitic acid (C16 : 0)* 0·005 0·002 0·769:0·231 0·076
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (C20:cis(8,1114)3) 0·006 0·002 0·768:0·232 0·004
Amino acids related Creatine 0·034 0·010 0·765:0·235 0·262
Miscellaneous Campesterol* 0·021 0·006 0·765:0·235 0·006
Amino acids Tryptophan* 0·009 0·003 0·744:0·256 0·587
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Docosapentaenoic acid (C22:cis(7,10,13,1619)5) 0·009 0·003 0·744:0·256 0·423
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Tricosanoic acid (C23 : 0)* 0·013 0·005 0·744:0·256 0·000
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related 4-Hydroxysphinganine (t18 : 0, phytosphingosine), total 0·018 0·006 0·74:0·26 0·606
Amino acids Serine 0·006 0·002 0·727:0·273 0·004
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Glycerol phosphate, lipid fraction* 0·013 0·005 0·72:0·28 0·227
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Oleic acid (C18:cis(9)1)* 0·005 0·002 0·711:0·289 0·704
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Phosphatidylcholine (C16 : 1, C18 : 2)* 0·001 0·000 0·707:0·293 0·969
Amino acids related Citrulline* 0·007 0·003 0·704:0·296 0·001
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Dihydrocholesterol 0·013 0·006 0·699:0·301 0·423
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related TAG (C16 : 0, C18 : 1, C18 : 3) (additional: TAG (C16 : 0, C18 : 2, C18 : 2), TAG (C16 : 1, C18 : 1, C18 : 2)) 0·041 0·018 0·698:0·302 0·300
Amino acids related Indole-3-lactic acid 0·007 0·003 0·689:0·311 0·246
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Erythro-sphingosine (d18 : 1) (additional: sphingolipids)* 0·020 0·009 0·688:0·312 0·113
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related TAG (C16 : 0, C18 : 2) 0·010 0·005 0·678:0·322 0·043
Complex lipids, fatty acids and related Eicosadienoic acid (C20 : 2) no. 02* 0·010 0·005 0·672:0·328 0·120
Vitamins, cofactors and related α-Tocopherol* 0·003 0·001 0·67:0·33 0·003
Vitamins, cofactors and related Coenzyme Q10 0·008 0·004 0·667:0·333 0·042

* Metabolites previously identified with high inter:intra-individual variance(6,26).