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Analytical methods

Comparative study #1
Chromatography
Ion source MALDI
Positive/Negative mode negative
Mass analyzer TOF/TOF
Identification level MS/MS

Sample information

Comparative study #1
Country China
Specimen Saliva
Marker function diagnosis
Participants(Case) Cancer type lung cancer
StageI
Number45
Gender (M,F)16, 29
Mean age (range) (M,F)Median: 57.8
Smoking statussmoker, non-smoker
Participants(Control) Type healthy
Number25
Gender (M,F)10, 15
Mean age (range) (M,F)Median: 52.9
Smoking statussmoker, non-smoker

Data processing and metabolite identification

Data processing software FlexAnalysis, ClinproTools software, R script
Database search HMDB

Statistical analysis

Differential analysis method Student’s t-test, PCA, Cluster analysis by Matlab. OPLS-DA
Classification method ROC analysis
Survival analysis method

Lung cancer-related metabolites identified in the paper

Metabolite Author-emphasized biomarkers Mean concentration (case) Mean concentration (control) Fold change (case/control) P-value FDR VIP
GABA 1.27e-04 3.90e-04 1.04
serine 7.70e-17 1.37e-15 1.85
cytosine 1.12e-14 1.64e-13 1.93
uracil 1.53e-09 8.47e-09 1.69
creatinine 2.15e-05 7.42e-05 1.18
proline 2.04e-04 6.05e-04 1.88
valine 3.87e-13 3.21e-12 1.61
pyroglutamic xa0acid 2.81e-07 1.32e-06 1.38
ketoleucine 3.90e-11 2.62e-10 1.66
adenine 1.99e-13 1.77e-12 1.72
imidazolepropionicxa0acid 4.57e-15 7.11e-14 1.86
allysine 5.87e-07 2.48e-06 1.43
Phenylglyoxylicxa0acid 1.82e-13 1.68e-12 1.72
guanine 4.77e-11 3.04e-10 1.58
xanthine 9.95e-30 1.24e-27 2.45
3-hydroxyanthranilic xa0acid 3.85e-05 1.30e-04 1.14
gentisicxa0acid 1.03e-17 1.97e-16 2.04
NAcetylproline 4.03e-12 2.95e-11 1.74
arginine 9.74e-09 5.05e-08 1.41
NAcetyltaurine 7.42e-41 1.85e-38 2.74
N-acetyl-L-glutamic xa0acid 7.82e-27 4.87e-25 2.39
N-acetylhistidine 1.21e-10 7.53e-10 1.61
glycylphenylalanine 1.92e-22 5.98e-21 2.27
Metabolite Author-emphasized biomarkers Cutoff value AUROC (95%CI) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Accuracy (%)
GABA 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
serine 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
cytosine 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
uracil 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
creatinine 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
proline 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
valine 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
pyroglutamic xa0acid 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
ketoleucine 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
adenine 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
imidazolepropionicxa0acid 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
allysine 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
Phenylglyoxylicxa0acid 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
guanine 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
xanthine 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
3-hydroxyanthranilic xa0acid 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
gentisicxa0acid 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
NAcetylproline 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
arginine 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
NAcetyltaurine 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
N-acetyl-L-glutamic xa0acid 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
N-acetylhistidine 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)
glycylphenylalanine 0.986 (Combination) 97.2 (Combination) 92% (Combination)

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