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Table 2 Top 10 plasma lipoprotein Metabolites with highest absolute loadings in principal component 1 (PrC1) and 2 (PrC2)

From: Phospholipids in lipoproteins: compositional differences across VLDL, LDL, and HDL in pregnant women

Metabolite

PrC1

Metabolite

PrC2

SM C34:1

0.2633825

PCae C38:5

0.24530123

SM C36:1

0.23533697

PCae C38:4

0.24105136

SM C42:2

0.21961745

PCae C40:6

0.2195198

SM C41:1

0.215592

PCae C42:6

0.21406066

SM C34:2

0.20837699

PCaa C44:12

0.20189903

SM C42:3

0.20613141

PCae C36:3

0.19888559

PC C38:5

−0.20204572

PCaa C34:1

−0.19755011

SM C33:1

0.19581353

PCae C36:4

0.1966289

SM C32:1

0.1916571

PCaa C32:1

−0.19595342

SM C33:3

0.19136632

PCaa C34:2

−0.19438766

  1. Wilcoxon Mann Whitney U test showed significant differences in the SM to PC ratios between the lipoproteins with a significantly higher ratio of SM/PC in LDL compared to HDL and VLDL (Fig. 4)