Research Article

Plasma Energy-Balance Metabolites Discriminate Asymptomatic Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease

Table 2

Spearman’s correlation coefficients for PON1 concentration, PON1 paraoxonase activity, PON1 lactonase activity, CCL2 concentration, and related metabolites.

PON1 concentrationParaoxonase activityLactonase activityCCL2 concentration
Spearman’s rho valueSpearman’s rho valueSpearman’s rho valueSpearman’s rho value

3-hydroxybutirate−0.640<0.001−0.309<0.001−0.496<0.0010.2410.009
α-Ketoglutarate−0.021ns−0.1830.029−0.029ns−0.045ns
Aconitate−0.641<0.001−0.394<0.001−0.552<0.0010.345<0.001
Alanine0.153ns0.2530.0020.2750.001−0.155ns
Aspartate−0.2410.004−0.1870.026−0.349<0.0010.1840.046
(Iso)citrate−0.592<0.001−0.1660.048−0.381<0.0010.3030.001
Fumarate0.295<0.001−0.053ns0.1660.048−0.014ns
Glucose0.011ns0.109ns0.053ns−0.098ns
Glutamate−0.590<0.001−0.425<0.001−0.589<0.001.0171ns
Glutamine−0.2630.002−0.059ns−0.1980.0180.1870.043
Isoleucine−0.342<0.001−0.101ns−0.299<0.0010.167ns
Lactate0.2770.0010.086ns0.1750.036−0.104ns
Leucine−0.2290.0060.008ns−0.136ns0.079ns
Malate−0.356<0.001−0.2400.004−0.2790.0010.2250.014
Pyruvate0.356<0.001−0.034ns0.158ns−0.163ns
Serine−0.595<0.001−0.294<0.001−0.534<0.0010.2950.001
Succinate−0.355<0.001−0.1940.021−0.342<0.0010.110ns
Succinyl-CoA−0.2230.008−0.101ns−0.154ns0.025ns
Valine−0.035ns0.155ns0.076ns−0.009ns

PON1: Paraoxonase 1; CCL2: chemokine (C-C) motif ligand 2; ns: not significant.