Table 2.

Differential plasma metabolites selected by Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney rank sum test between the V.SC and NV.SC groups

Pathway	Metabolites	FC	P value
Amino acid metabolism	Vanillylmandelic acid	2.46	0.02
	Malic acid	0.90	0.04
	4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid	0.80	0.02
	4-Hydroxy-L-proline	0.84	0.04
	L-Methionine	0.79	0.002
	Ratio of L-asparagine/L-aspartic acid	0.77	0.003
Lipid metabolism	Malonic acid	0.77	0.02
	Glycerol	2.02	0.03
	Glycerol 3-phosphate	0.71	0.03
	Glyceraldehyde	1.36	0.03
Pentose phosphate pathway	D-Ribose	0.74	0.02
Purine metabolism	Uric acid	0.74	0.04
Pyrimidine metabolism	3-Aminoisobutanoic acid	0.84	0.02
NA	L-Sorbose	0.74	0.02
	3-Aminosalicylic acid	0.90	0.02
	Glutaric acid	0.65	0.00
	4-Hydroxyproline	0.62	0.03
	Ribitol	0.81	0.02
	Ribonolactone	0.79	0.02

Abbreviation: FC fold change, NA not available, V.SC schizophrenia patients with violence, NV.SC schizophrenia patients without violence