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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2019 Dec 11;31(2):113–126. doi: 10.1007/s10552-019-01256-1

Table 2.

Percent Change in Serum Metabolite Concentrations Associated with an Increase of One Alcoholic Beverage per Week for Metabolites Associated with Alcohol in a Multivariable Model at FDR p<0.10

Unadjusteda Multivariable Adjusted Excluding Dietb Multivariable Adjusted Including Dietc

Metabolite % Change/Drink/Wk Pvalue FDR Pvalue % Change/Drink/Wk Pvalue FDR Pvalue % Change/Drink/Wk Pvalue FDR Pvalue
Amino Acid
Glycine, Serine and Threonine Metabolism
sarcosine 3.86 4.05E-05 0.005 4.52 8.40E-06 0.001 3.89 3.98E-04 0.045
Lysine Metabolism
3-methylglutarylcarnitine −2.25 1.73E-02 0.152 −2.58 3.34E-03 0.094 −2.04 3.30E-02 0.463
Carbohydrate
Pentose Metabolism
arabitol/xylitol 0.88 2.05E-04 0.013 0.85 8.46E-04 0.032 0.82 2.67E-03 0.133
Energy
TCA Cycle
2-methylcitrate/homocitrate 1.04 5.66E-04 0.020 1.22 2.31E-04 0.013 1.16 8.93E-04 0.067
Lipid
Medium Chain Fatty Acids
10-undecenoate (11:1n1) 1.84 5.14E-05 0.005 1.65 4.91E-04 0.022 1.47 3.73E-03 0.159
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (n3 and n6)
eicosapentaenoate (EPA; 20:5n3) 2.60 9.98E-06 0.001 2.76 2.27E-05 0.003 2.58 2.76E-04 0.045
Inositol Metabolism
myo-inositol 0.79 2.92E-04 0.013 0.77 9.84E-04 0.034 0.50 4.63E-02 0.520
Phospholipid Metabolism
1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-GPC (16:0/18:1) 0.99 9.39E-05 0.007 0.78 5.28E-04 0.022 0.52 2.72E-02 0.459
Steroid
4-androsten-3beta,17beta-diol monosulfate (2) 5.34 1.21E-08 <0.001 4.37 2.47E-06 0.001 3.78 1.64E-04 0.045
4-androsten-3beta,17beta-diol disulfate 4.46 4.15E-07 <0.001 4.18 4.89E-06 0.001 3.36 5.97E-04 0.054
4-androsten-3beta,17beta-diol monosulfate (1) 1.97 1.35E-02 0.140 2.50 1.07E-03 0.034 2.01 1.51E-02 0.340
etiocholanolone glucuronide 2.86 1.60E-03 0.036 3.48 2.20E-04 0.013 3.23 1.71E-03 0.110
Nucleotide
3-ureidopropionate 1.04 2.41E-03 0.049 1.05 3.19E-03 0.094 0.96 1.41E-02 0.333
Cofactors and Vitamins
Tocopherol Metabolism
gamma-CEHC −2.33 2.36E-04 0.013 −2.54 4.24E-05 0.004 −2.40 3.94E-04 0.045
Vitamin A Metabolism
retinol (Vitamin A) 1.13 8.76E-04 0.026 1.09 2.76E-04 0.014 0.84 9.16E-03 0.280
Xenobiotic
Food Component/Plant
piperine 3.73 3.90E-03 0.063 4.99 1.25E-04 0.009 4.04 3.88E-03 0.159
a

Results from simple linear regression of individual metabolite concentrations on alcohol intake (drinks/wk).

b

Results from linear mixed effects regression of individual metabolite concentrations on alcohol intake (drinks/wk) adjusted for clinic as a random effect and BMI (kg/m2;continuous), race (white/non-white), college graduate (yes/no), current smoker (no/yes≥5 cigarettes per day/yes >5 cigarettes per day), current hormonal contraceptive use (none/combined oral contraceptive pill/other), parous (yes/no), physical activity (MET·hr·wk−1;continuous), menstrual cycle phase (luteal/follicular/missing), time of blood collection (7-8am/9am/10am/11am-2pm), and DISC treatment group (intervention/usual care) as fixed effects.

c

Results from linear mixed effects regression of individual metabolite concentrations on alcohol intake (drinks/wk) adjusted as for b above plus energy (kcal/day; continuous), fat (%kcal/day; continuous) and carbohydrate (%kcal/day; continuous) as fixed effects.