Table 3.

Correlation coefficients of subcutaneous fat areas (at level L3/L4 and L4/L5) and metabolites in metastatic colorectal cancer patients (stage IV) adjusted for age, sex and analytical batch.

Fat Area
Level L3/L4	Metabolite *	Cases	r	pValue	pFDR2
SFA	PC ae C40:2	38	−0.61	0.0003	0.017
SFA	PC ae C40:6	38	−0.63	0.0002	0.017
SFA	PC ae C34:0	38	−0.59	0.0005	0.020
SFA	PC aa C42:0	38	−0.57	0.0007	0.024
SFA	PC aa C42:5	38	−0.54	0.0017	0.037
SFA	PC ae C42:2	38	−0.55	0.0015	0.037
SFA	PC ae C30:0	38	−0.52	0.0025	0.041
SFA	PC ae C36:1	38	−0.52	0.0026	0.041
SFA	PC aa C40:6	38	−0.50	0.0043	0.045
SFA	PC aa C42:1	38	−0.50	0.0046	0.045
SFA	PC aa C42:4	38	−0.50	0.0039	0.045
SFA	PC ae C42:3	38	−0.50	0.0042	0.045
SFA	PC ae C44:6	38	−0.50	0.0039	0.045
SFA	PC ae C34:1	38	−0.49	0.0053	0.048
SFA	PC aa C38:0	38	−0.48	0.0059	0.049
TFA	PC aa C42:0	38	−0.57	0.0008	0.048
TFA	PC ae C40:6	38	−0.59	0.0005	0.048
Level L4/L5
SFA	PC ae C40:2	38	−0.61	0.0003	0.034
SFA	PC aa C42:4	38	−0.53	0.0021	0.045
SFA	PC aa C42:5	38	−0.55	0.0015	0.045
SFA	PC ae C30:0	38	−0.53	0.0021	0.045
SFA	PC ae C34:0	38	−0.57	0.0009	0.045
SFA	PC ae C40:6	38	−0.54	0.0016	0.045
SFA	PC aa C42:0	38	−0.52	0.0029	0.046
SFA	PC ae C34:1	38	−0.51	0.0036	0.046
SFA	PC ae C36:1	38	−0.52	0.0027	0.046
SFA	PC ae C42:2	38	−0.51	0.0036	0.046
TFA	PC aa C42:0	38	−0.54	0.0019	0.030
TFA	PC aa C42:4	38	−0.54	0.0018	0.030
TFA	PC aa C42:5	38	−0.53	0.0019	0.030
TFA	PC ae C30:0	38	−0.53	0.0023	0.030
TFA	PC ae C34:0	38	−0.56	0.0009	0.030
TFA	PC ae C34:1	38	−0.57	0.0008	0.030
TFA	PC ae C36:1	38	−0.53	0.0023	0.030
TFA	PC ae C36:2	38	−0.50	0.0041	0.044
TFA	PC ae C40:2	38	−0.62	0.0002	0.028
TFA	PC ae C40:6	38	−0.58	0.0006	0.030
TFA	PC ae C42:2	38	−0.48	0.0061	0.048
TFA	PC ae C44:6	38	−0.50	0.004	0.044
TFA	SM C26:1	38	−0.55	0.001	0.030
TFA	C16	38	0.48	0.006	0.048
TFA	C18:1	38	0.48	0.005	0.048
TFA	C18:2	38	0.48	0.0060	0.048

Abbreviations: SFA=Subcutaneous Fat Area, TFA=Total Fat Area, FDR=false discovery rate.

^*Presented are metabolites that were significant after FDR-adjustment.