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Table 2 Spearman's rank correlation

From: A distinct metabolic signature predicts development of fasting plasma glucose

 

Spearman Correlation

p-value

% variance explained

Hypoxanthine

0.40

<0.0001

16.20

Aspartic acid

0.30

0.0001

9.18

Pyroglutamic acid

0.29

0.0001

8.34

2-methyl-Malic acid

0.27

0.0004

7.21

NA 1033 (trisaccharide)

-0.27

0.0004

7.05

NA 1034

-0.23

0.0026

5.23

NA 1052 (carbohydrate)

-0.22

0.0046

4.64

Myo-inositol

0.21

0.0052

4.51

NA 1027 (sterol phosphate)

0.21

0.0061

4.34

Threonic acid

0.21

0.0063

4.31

NA 997 (Uridine-5'-monophosphate)

0.20

0.0078

4.09

Glutamic acid

0.19

0.0104

3.80

NA 831

0.19

0.0119

3.67

NA 653

0.18

0.0179

3.25

Ketopentose

0.18

0.0181

3.24

Fucose

0.18

0.0192

3.18

Uracil

0.18

0.0213

3.08

Fructose

-0.17

0.0233

2.99

NA 631 (D-Glucopyranose)

-0.17

0.0235

2.98

NA 613

0.17

0.0251

2.91

NA 597 (pyranose)

-0.16

0.0312

2.70

Isoleucine

0.16

0.0358

2.57

NA 275

0.16

0.0379

2.51

NA 639

0.16

0.0388

2.49

NA 442

0.16

0.0395

2.47

NA 560

0.16

0.0402

2.45

NA 854 (carbohydrate)

0.16

0.0413

2.43

Tartaric acid

0.15

0.0429

2.39

Fructose

-0.15

0.0466

2.31

NA 632

-0.15

0.0486

2.27

  1. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, p-values and % of explained variance for all metabolites significantly correlated with Δglucose (significance level α = 0.05). Not yet identified metabolites are marked with NA, putative biochemical structures are given in round brackets.