Fig. 2. Identification of biomarkers associated with HIV status and impact of cART compared to HC.
a A 4-dimensional, quasi-proportional Venn diagram showing the number of overlapping metabolites (n = 6) differing HC/cART from three methodologies (Mann–Whitney U-test, RF, and PLS-DA) in Indian and Cameroon cohort. Analysis was performed separately in Indian and Cameroon cohorts. b Box plots of significant biomarkers shared by Indian and Cameroon patients: androsterone sulfate, epiandrosterone sulfate, metabolomic lactone sulfate, 5α–androstan–3α,17β-diol monosulfate, and methionine sulfone. In all the comparisons, FDR < 0.001 Dots represent individual values and the line represents the median. c Global association analysis network and identified communities. Potential biomarkers and glutamate are indicated. d Bar plots representing proportion of super pathways and number of associated metabolites in communities (n_c1 = 165, n_c2 = 145, n_c3 = 143, n_c4 = 123, n_c5 = 110, n_c6 = 91). e Consensus matrices of potential biomarkers and first neighbors in HC and cART. Data were log-transformed and z-score transformed. Cameroon HC (light blue); Cameroon cART (dark blue); India HC (light yellow); and India cART (dark yellow).