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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Proteome Res. 2020 Feb 27;19(4):1361–1374. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00319

Table 2.

List of Metabolites Associated with Obese-Control Maternal Status, Selected by Elastic Net Regularization-Based Logistic Regressiona

fold changeb (obese—normal-weight)
ID metabolite biochemical name abbreviation class PubChem ID log FC P_value
1 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid hydroxy fatty acids 99823 −0.66 0.01
2 galactonic acid galactonic acid medium-chain hydroxy acids 128869 −0.63 0.02
3 phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C40:3 PC ae C40:3 glycerophospholipid 53481745 −0.62 0.02
4 propionylcarnitine C3 AC NA −0.56 0.03
5 phosphatidylcholine diacyl C40:3 PC aa C40:3 glycerophospholipid 52922703 −0.56 0.03
6 O-butanoyl-carnitine, butenylcarnitine C4:1 AC NA −0.56 0.03
7 hexanoylcarnitine, fumarylcarnitine C6 (C4:1-DC) AC NA −0.54 0.04
8 phosphatidylcholine diacyl C40:2 PC aa C40:2 glycerophospholipid 24779063 −0.48 0.07
9 benzoic acid benzoic acid organic compound (benzoic acids) 243 −0.45 0.08
10 hydroxyhexadecenoylcarnitine C16:1-OH AC NA 0.45 0.09
11 myoinositol myoinositol cyclic polyalcohol NA 0.39 0.14
12 1,5-anhydrosorbitol 1,5-anhydrosorbitol monosaccharides 64960 −0.37 0.16
13 isovalerylcarnitine, valerylcarnitine, methylbutyrylcarnitine C5 AC NA −0.37 0.16
14 phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C40:2 PC ae C40:2 glycerophospholipid 53481739 −0.32 0.22
15 2-hydroxybutyric acid 2-hydroxybutyric acid organic compounds (α-hydroxy acids) 11266 0.32 0.22
16 glutaconylcarnitine, mesaconylcarnitine C5:1-DC AC NA 0.27 0.30
17 l-arabitol l-arabitol sugar alcohols 439255 −0.27 0.31
18 phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C40:6 PC ae C40:6 glycerophospholipid 24779341 0.26 0.32
19 octadecenoylcarnitine C18:1 AC NA −0.23 0.38
20 phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C34:3 PC ae C34:3 glycerophospholipid 53481709 0.22 0.40
21 phosphatidylcholine diacyl C36:5 PC aa C36:5 glycerophospholipid 24778723 0.22 0.41
22 oleic acid oleic acid unsaturated fatty acid 445639 0.20 0.45
23 phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C36:2 PC ae C36:2 glycerophospholipid 6443070 0.19 0.46
24 indoxyl sulfate indoxyl sulfate arylsulfates 10258 −0.18 0.49
25 isoleucine isoleucine AAs 6306 0.16 0.55
26 phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C34:0 PC ae C34:0 glycerophospholipid 11803170 0.09 0.73
27 citric acid citric acid organic compounds (tricarboxylic acids) 311 0.06 0.82
28 l-aspartic acid l-aspartic acid organic compounds (aspartic acid) 5960 0.04 0.89
29 malic acid malic acid organic compounds (beta hydroxy acids) 525 0.01 0.98
ID metabolite biochemical name ChEBI METLIN KEGG InChiKey

1 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid 60645 5396 NGEWQZIDQIYUNV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
2 galactonic acid 16534 3336 C00880 RGHNJXZEOKUKBD-MGCNEYSASA-N
3 phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C40:3 NA NA UMEDQTSZFVUAIR-PBXDXGQFSA-N
4 propionylcarnitine NA NA NA UFAHZIUFPNSHSL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
5 phosphatidylcholine diacyl C40:3 NA NA C00157 LZXZOHSYOCWXFB-DWTYVZKUSA-N
6 O-butanoyl-carnitine, butenylcarnitine NA NA NA
7 hexanoylcarnitine, fumarylcarnitine NA NA NA VVPRQWTYSNDTEA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
8 phosphatidylcholine diacyl C40:2 NA NA C00157 FVYIRCQXEGIKHY-QYQAGSNQSA-N
9 benzoic acid 30746 1297 C00180 WPYMKLBDIGXBTP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
10 hydroxyhexadecenoylcarnitine NA NA NA WAGYLURELCUJPG-RPZXQYRRSA-N
11 myoinositol 17268 5221 C00137 CDAISMWEOUEBRE-GPIVLXJGSA-N
12 1,5-anhydrosorbitol 16070 3775 C07326 MPCAJMNYNOGXPB-SLPGGIOYSA-N
13 isovalerylcarnitine, valerylcarnitine, methylbutyrylcarnitine NA NA NA IGQBPDJNUXPEMT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
14 phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C40:2 NA NA OQRGDDBNUMCNLP-ABEXPZPBSA-N
15 2-hydroxybutyric acid 1148 3783 C05984 AFENDNXGAFYKQO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
16 glutaconylcarnitine, mesaconylcarnitine NA NA NA JXVUHLILXGZLFR-DNQSNQRASA-N
17 l-arabitol 18403 141 C00532 HEBKCHPVOIAQTA-IMJSIDKUSA-N
18 phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C40:6 NA NA QBZALASVZLFAHF-KYPHJRDXSA-N
19 octadecenoylcarnitine NA NA NA DGNPJQDFCXFOEZ-OEPBMOORSA-N
20 phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C34:3 NA NA QLEHHUPUHJPURI-PWYDUFMYSA-N
21 phosphatidylcholine diacyl C36:5 NA NA C00157 KLTHQSWIRFFBRI-CPFPVJFHSA-N
22 oleic acid 16196 190 C00712 ZQPPMHVWECSIRJ-KTKRTIGZSA-N
23 phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C36:2 NA NA FDNRZRXSENYWER-JTLDGTJHSA-N
24 indoxyl sulfate 43355 524 BXFFHSIDQOFMLE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
25 isoleucine 17191 5193 C00407 AGPKZVBTJJNPAG-WHFBIAKZSA-N
26 phosphatidylcholine acyl-alkyl C34:0 NA NA PXPSGTINXJQLBR-VQJSHJPSSA-N
27 citric acid 30769 124 C00158 KRKNYBCHXYNGOX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
28 l-aspartic acid 17053 5206 C00049 CKLJMWTZIZZHCS-REOHCLBHSA-N
29 malic acid 6650 118 C00711 BJEPYKJPYRNKOW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
a

Metabolites are sorted by the average log fold change of cases over controls.

b

Fold change was calculated as mean (log2(obese)) – mean (log2(control)).