Table 1 Summary of the 2030 genetic association signals by metabolite biochemical class.
From: Genome-wide association studies of metabolites in Finnish men identify disease-relevant loci
Biochemical class and abbreviation | Total metabolites | Significant metabolites | Total signals | Novel signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lipid (LI) | 548 | 357 | 903 | 74 |
Amino acid (AA) | 215 | 154 | 441 | 73 |
Xenobiotics (XE) | 163 | 52 | 91 | 16 |
Nucleotide (NU) | 42 | 26 | 65 | 29 |
Peptide (PE) | 42 | 18 | 28 | 7 |
Cofactors and vitamins (CV) | 38 | 25 | 69 | 27 |
Carbohydrate (CA) | 25 | 20 | 38 | 7 |
Energy (EN) | 10 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
Partially characterized (PC) | 16 | 8 | 20 | 1 |
Unnamed (UN) | 292 | 139 | 364 | 66 |
Total | 1,391 | 803 | 2,030 | 303 |
