Research Article

A Preliminary Study of Uric Metabolomic Alteration for Postpartum Depression Based on Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

Table 3

The ROC curve of the differentiating metabolites in the validation group.

MetaboliteAUC (95% CI)SensitivitySpecificity

Alanine0.733 (0.478-0.944)0.7780.700
Methylmalonic acid0.833 (0.600-0.989)0.6671.000
Homocysteine0.856 (0.644-1.000)0.7780.900
Tyrosine0.867 (0.689-0.989)1.0000.700
Glutaric acid0.667 (0.367-0.889)0.6670.600
Vanillylmandelic acid0.756 (0.467-0.933)0.5560.900
4-Hydroxyhippuric acid0.889 (0.678-1.000)0.7780.900
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid0.656 (0.311-0.900)0.5560.900
5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid0.700 (0.400-0.922)0.6670.800
3-(3-Hydroxyphenyl)-3-hydroxypropionic acid0.722 (0.500-0.911)0.6670.800