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. 2023 Feb 25;13:3296. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-30231-9

Table 3.

Replicated risk-markers-metabolites association for CRP, diastolic blood pressure, and systolic blood pressure.

Metabolite Sex Bio specimen Super pathway Sub pathway β 95% CI p-value p-value (FDR)
Clinical biomarker: CRP
 Betaine Female Blood Amino acid Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism − 0.40 − 0.61 to − 0.19 0.0002 0.0220
 Glutamine Male Urine Amino acid Glutamate metabolism − 0.39 − 0.63 to − 0.15 0.0022 0.1008
 Isoleucine Male Urine Amino acid Leucine, isoleucine and valine metabolism − 0.29 − 0.53 to − 0.04 0.0218 0.2060
 Tryptophan Male Urine Amino acid Tryptophan metabolism − 0.38 − 0.63 to − 0.13 0.0033 0.1137
Clinical biomarker: diastolic blood pressure
 Glutamine Male Blood Amino acid Glutamate metabolism 0.25 0.02–0.48 0.0337 0.2682
Clinical biomarker: systolic blood pressure
 4-Hydroxyhippurate Female Urine Xenobiotics Benzoate metabolism 0.28 0.08–0.48 0.0072 0.1374
 Androsterone sulfate Female Blood Lipid Androgenic steroids − 0.17 − 0.35 to − 0.00 0.0496 0.3076
 Glutamine Female Blood Amino Acid Glutamate metabolism − 0.24 − 0.41 to − 0.07 0.0064 0.1368
 Phenylalanine Female Urine Amino Acid Phenylalanine metabolism 0.19 0.00–0.38 0.0477 0.3076
Male Blood 0.25 0.02–0.48 0.0328 0.2682
 Tryptophan Female Urine Amino Acid Tryptophan metabolism 0.19 0.00–0.38 0.0466 0.3076

Estimates are generated from linear regression. Models were adjusted for age and BMI, both at sample collection. Metabolites were log-transformed prior to analysis. Estimates and 95% CI are on the log scale.

We controlled the false discovery rate (FDR) at 5% to account for multiple testing. Metabolites significant after correction for multiple testing are marked in italics.