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. 2019 Dec 18;111(2):406–419. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz301

TABLE 3.

Identified metabolites in feces and urine with statistically significant differences between AN and RA participants1

Compound name Chemical shift in ppm (multiplicity) P value Q value
Significantly more abundant in AN than in RA fecal samples
 Choline 3.20 (s) 5.44 × 10−3 1.61 × 10−2
 Formate 8.46 (s) 7.05 × 10−4 3.26 × 10−3
Significantly more abundant in RA than in AN fecal samples
 Valerate 0.89 (t) 1.30 (m) 1.53 (m) 2.17 (t) 4.71 × 10−8 1.42 × 10−6
 Butyrate 0.90 (t) 1.56 (tq) 2.16 (t) 1.18 × 10−5 1.25 × 10−4
 Propionate 1.06 (t) 2.19 (q) 2.71 × 10−8 9.26 × 10−7
 Acetate 1.92 (s) 9.98 × 10−5 6.95 × 10−4
 Glutamate 2.36 (m) 2.14 × 10−4 1.27 × 10−3
 Glycine 3.57 (s) 3.56 × 10−3 1.16 × 10−2
 Uracil 5.81 (d) 7.54 (d) 6.95 × 10−10 6.41 × 10−8
 Tyrosine 6.91 (d) 7.20 (d) 1.11 × 10−3 4.66 × 10−3
 Phenylalanine 7.31 (d) 7.38 (m) 1.33 × 10−12 1.44 × 10−9
 Nicotinate 7.53 (dd) 8.61 (dd) 8.94 (d) 8.26 (dt) 5.30 × 10−6 6.68 × 10−5
 Xanthine 7.91 (s) 2.69 × 10−10 3.27 × 10−8
 Hypoxanthine 8.21 (d) 3.15 × 10−10 3.62 × 10−8
Significantly more abundant in AN than in RA urinary samples
 Unknown bile acids 0.75 (s) 0.76 (s) 9.60 × 10−4 5.51 × 10−3
 Creatine 3.04 (s) 3.94 (s) 5.00 × 10−4 3.43 × 10−3
N-methyl-2-pyridone-carboxamide 3.65 (d) 6.67 (d) 7.83 (dd) 8.34 (d) 1.01 × 10−7 4.85 × 10−6
 2-furoylglycine 3.93 (s) 7.71 (d) 7.19 (dd) 6.65 (dd) 2.26 × 10−8 1.52 × 10−6
N-methylpyridinium 4.40 (s) 8.79 (d) 8.55 (td) 8.05 (td) 5.54 × 10−13 3.60 × 10−9
N-methylnicotinamide 4.48 (s) 8.19 (t) 8.90 (d) 8.97 (d) 9.28 (s) 1.09 × 10−5 1.90 × 10−4
Significantly more abundant in RA than in AN urinary samples
 Fatty acids (C5–C10) 0.84 (d) 1.3 (s) 1.56 (m) 4.21 × 10−6 9.46 × 10−5
 3-hydroxyisovalerate 1.27 (s) 2.37 (s) 7.63 × 10−5 8.37 × 10−4
 2-hydroxyisobutyrate 1.36 (s) 3.98 × 10−4 2.87 × 10−3
 Alanine 1.48 (d) 1.71 × 10−6 4.81 × 10−5
 Acetate 1.92 (s) 9.81 × 10−6 1.76 × 10−4
 Phenylacetylglutamine 1.93 (m) 2.13 (m) 2.27 (t) 3.68 (q) 4.19 (dd) 7.36 (t) 7.43 (t) 2.31 × 10−6 5.95 × 10−5
 Dimethylamine 2.72 (s) 2.00 × 10−8 1.38 × 10−6
N-acetyl-S-methyl-cysteine sulfoxide 2.78 (s) 3.22 × 10−9 3.39 × 10−7
S-methyl-cysteine sulfoxide metabolite 2.80 (s) 2.92 × 10−4 2.28 × 10−3
S-methyl-cysteine sulfoxide 2.83 (s) 3.72 × 10−6 8.56 × 10−5
 Dimethylglycine 2.93 (s) 2.63 × 10−5 3.70 × 10−4
 Lysine 3.02 (t) 1.17 × 10−7 5.51 × 10−6
 Creatinine 3.05 (s) 4.06 (s) 3.48 × 10−6 8.10 × 10−5
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AN, Alaska Native; d, doublet; dd, doublet of doublets; dt, doublet of triplets; m, multiplet; q, quartet; Q value,P value adjusted for false discovery rate (FDR); RA, rural African; s, singlet; t, triplet; td, triplet of doublets; tq, triplet of quartets.