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. 2018 Jun 13;154(2):335–348. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.05.038

Table 5.

Enriched Biologic Pathways and Processes in Six Metabolomic Modules Correlated With Lung Function Traits

Module Trait Association No. of Metabolite Features No. of Hub Features Enriched Pathways Among Known Metabolites
Red, ubiquinone Baseline FEV1/FVC ratioa; post-BD FEV1/FVC ratioa 449 412 No enriched pathways: known metabolites— Ubiquinone-2; C18:0 Mono Acyl Glycerol; (S)-2-Propylpiperidine; Polyoxyethylene (600) monoricinoleate
Medium purple, lipid Baseline FEV1 537 518 GPI-anchor biosynthesis (P = .034); sphingolipid metabolism (P = .061); glycerolipid metabolism (P = .077); glycerophopholipid metabolism (P = .093)
Tan, purine PD20; baseline FEV1/FVC ratio; post-BD FEV1/FVC ratio 147 141 Caffeine metabolism (P = .017); purine metabolism (P = .075)
Dark red Baseline FEV1/FVC ratioa; baseline FEV1 93 85 No enriched pathways; no known metabolites
Light cyan Baseline FEV1/FVC ratio; baseline FEV1a 111 98 No enriched pathways: known metabolites—methyl dihydrojasmonate
Purple Baseline FEV1/FVC ratioa 411 330 No enriched pathways: known metabolites—tetradecyl sulfate

GPI = glycosylphosphatidylinositol. See Table 1 and 2 legends for expansion of other abbreviations.

a

Trait retained significance in multivariate regression model.