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a–a′′′) Principal component analysis (PCA) of samples of non-symptomatic healthy individuals collected from three different clinical sites. Plots depict the first five principal components, which correspond to 95% of the explained variance. The three groups are statistically matched in terms of age, gender, and body mass index (BMI). Cohort characteristics are given in
Figure 2—figure supplement 1—source data 1. (
b) PCA plot of biological samples and QCs. The two first principal components included in the plot correspond to 93% of the explained variance. (
b′, b′′) Loading vectors for the two principal components shown in (
b).