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Analytical methods

Comparative study #1 #2
Chromatography DI DI
Ion source ESI ESI
Positive/Negative mode negative positive
Mass analyzer QTOF QTOF
Identification level MS/MS MS/MS

Sample information

Comparative study #1 #2
Country Spain Spain
Specimen blood blood
Marker function diagnosis diagnosis
Participants(Case) Cancer type NSCLC, SCLC NSCLC, SCLC
StageII, III, IVII, III, IV
Number3030
Gender (M,F)25, 525, 5
Mean age (range) (M,F) 67 ± 12 67 ± 12
Smoking statusformer, current, non-smokerformer, current, non-smoker
Participants(Control) Type healthy healthy
Number30.030.0
Gender (M,F)14, 1614, 16
Mean age (range) (M,F)56 ± 1456 ± 14
Smoking statusformer, non-smokerformer, non-smoker

Data processing and metabolite identification

Data processing software
Database search HMDB, Metlin

Statistics and concentration information

Differential analysis method PCA, PLS-DA, one-way ANOVA
Classification method ROC curve
Survival analysis method

Metabolites identified in the paper

Metabolite Comparative study Author-emphasized biomarkers Mean concentration (case) Mean concentration (control) Fold change (case/control) P-value FDR VIP
butyryl-carnitine 2.28 0.044 1.26
pentanoyl-carrnitine 1.81 0.032 2.3
docohexaenoic acid 0.72 0.03 1.43
adenosine 2.86 0.026 1.81
xanthine 1.86 0.022 1.83
LPC(18:0) 1.38 0.019 1.14
phenylalanine 0.56 0.015 2.07
DAG(18:3/18:1) 1.32 0.014 1.12
docopentaenoic acid 1.32 0.014 1.44
PC(16:0/18:0) 1.67 0.014 1.17
PC(18:1/20:3) 3.16 0.013 1.73
oleic acid 1.68 0.012 1.48
stearic acid 1.57 0.011 1.14
adenine 1.1 0.005 1.35
aspartic acid 1.32 0.004 1.02
docosatetraenoic acid 1.34 0.004 1.68
acetic acid 1.36 0.003 1.27
phosphoethanolamine 0.77 0.0021 1.01
TAG(16:0/18:1/18:1) 1.43 0.0017 1.12
palmitoleic acid 1.97 0.0016 1.39
propionylcarnitine 2.55 0.0015 1.51
glutathione 0.48 0.0014 1.64
TAG(16:0/18:2/22:6) 1.69 0.0014 1.3
TAG(14:0/16:0/18:1) 1.62 0.0013 1.16
tyrosine 0.66 0.0013 1.55
creatine 1.33 0.0012 1.89
TAG(18:3/18:2/18:2) 1.4 0.0011 1.07
PC(18:0/22:6) 2.99 0.001 1.67
TAG(18:2/18:2/18:1) 1.66 0.001 1.22
choline 1.49 0.0006 1.2
glucose 1.62 0.0005 1.73
LPC(16:0) 1.66 0.0005 1.01
TAG(18:2/18:2/18:2) 1.51 0.0005 1.38
PC(16:0/18:3) 1.43 0.0004 1.1
PC(16:0/16:0) 1.43 0.0003 1.25
TAG(16:0/16:0/16:0) 1.45 0.0003 1.1
carnitine 1.44 0.0002 2.11
glutamate 1.35 0.0002 1.35
PC(16:0/16:1) 1.43 0.0002 1.4
PC(16:0/20:5) 1.5 0.0002 1.01
PC(18:2/18:2) 1.52 0.0002 1.11
inosine 3.14 0.0001 2.89
phosphocholine 1.4 0.0001 1.81
TAG(16:0/16:0/18:1) 1.43 0.0001 1.39
TAG(16:0/16:0/18:2) 1.67 0.0001 1.21
TAG(16:0/18:2/18:2) 1.35 0.0001 1.01
threonine 1.43 0.0001 2.15
Metabolite Comparative study Author-emphasized biomarkers Cutoff value AUROC (95%CI) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Accuracy (%)
butyryl-carnitine 0.66
pentanoyl-carrnitine 0.61
docohexaenoic acid 0.65
adenosine 0.65
xanthine 0.52
LPC(18:0) 0.64
phenylalanine 0.65
DAG(18:3/18:1) 0.65
docopentaenoic acid 0.53
PC(16:0/18:0) 0.67
PC(18:1/20:3) 0.51
oleic acid 0.64
stearic acid 0.55
adenine 0.58
aspartic acid 0.53
docosatetraenoic acid 0.55
acetic acid 0.54
phosphoethanolamine 0.74
TAG(16:0/18:1/18:1) 0.67
palmitoleic acid 0.62
propionylcarnitine 0.57
glutathione 0.6
TAG(16:0/18:2/22:6) 0.61
TAG(14:0/16:0/18:1) 0.63
tyrosine 0.73
creatine 0.7
TAG(18:3/18:2/18:2) 0.69
PC(18:0/22:6) 0.61
TAG(18:2/18:2/18:1) 0.55
choline 0.66
glucose 0.65
LPC(16:0) 0.72
TAG(18:2/18:2/18:2) 0.72
PC(16:0/18:3) 0.65
PC(16:0/16:0) 0.68
TAG(16:0/16:0/16:0) 0.64
carnitine 0.73
glutamate 0.71
PC(16:0/16:1) 0.74
PC(16:0/20:5) 0.72
PC(18:2/18:2) 0.62
inosine 0.69
phosphocholine 0.71
TAG(16:0/16:0/18:1) 0.72
TAG(16:0/16:0/18:2) 0.66
TAG(16:0/18:2/18:2) 0.6
threonine 0.76

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