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. 2019 Feb 23;109(3):626–634. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy262

TABLE 2.

Baseline metabolites ranked from the highest to the lowest elastic net positive regression coefficients for high HOMA-IR (median or higher) at baseline (n = 700), 1 y (n = 502), and 3 y (n = 256) and for 1-y changes (metabolites and HOMA-IR)1

Baseline HOMA-IR HOMA-IR at 1 y HOMA-IR at 3 y 1-y changes in HOMA-IR
Methyladenosine Isoleucine Isoleucine N-Acetyl-tryptophan
Alanine Methyladenosine Dimethylglycine Methylguanosine
Valine Alanine N-Carbamoyl-β-alanine Valine
C14:0 LPC C4 Carnitine Proline C4 Carnitine
C4 Carnitine Hypoxanthine Pseudouridine Methylhistidine
C3-DC-CH3 Carnitine C3 Carnitine Hypoxanthine Alanine
C5 Carnitine N-Acetyl-leucine Glutamate Tyrosine
C14:0 SM 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid Uric acid C7 Carnitine
Cyclohexylamine Cyclohexylamine Thiamin C26 Carnitine
Hydroxyproline Thiamin Adenosine
Isoleucine Xanthine Sphinganine
N-Acetyl-arginine Proline Serotonin
Xanthine C5 carnitine
Proline Cortisol
Dimethylglycine
N-Acetyl-leucine
3-Hydroxyanthranilic acid
C2 Carnitine
1

Cutoff values of median of HOMA-IR are ≥3.32 at baseline, ≥3.42 at 1 y, and ≥3.38 at 3 y. DC-CH3, decanoylcarnitine-methyl ; LPC, lysophosphatidylcholine; SM, sphingomyelin.