Table 3.

Associations of metabolites and gastric cancer risk: backward selection and mutual adjustment

Metabolites	OR (95%CI)	P
methylmalonate (MMA)	1.31 (0.91–1.87)	0.0017
N-(2-furoyl) glycine	0.75 (0.55–1.03)	0.0022
orotate	1.34 (1.03–1.75)	0.0043
cysteine	1.48 (1.05–2.09)	0.0072
1-(1-enyl-oleoyl)-2-docosahexaenoyl-GPE (P-18:1/22:6)	1.40 (1.05–1.86)	0.0171
5alpha-pregnan-diol disulfate	1.43 (1.07–1.91)	0.0221
1-stearoyl-GPC (18:0)	0.66 (0.49–0.90)	0.0253
N6-methyllysine	1.62 (1.16–2.25)	0.0301
quinate	0.58 (0.41–0.82)	0.0794
glycerophosphoethanolamine	1.73 (1.23–2.42)	0.1456

The covariates listed in Table 2 were included in the regression analysis.