Table 3 Acupuncture-induced changes to key metabolites selected by t-tests and FC analysis.
Group | Metabolites | Baseline | Follow-up | log2(FC) | P value | −log10(p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ATG | Sucrose | 19.80 ± 6.49 | 1.88 ± 1.24 | −3.5686 | 4.56E-05 | 4.3408 |
Cellobiose | 429.2 ± 227.6 | 87.28 ± 36.90 | −2.5744 | 0.000964 | 3.0158 | |
Glycine | 1482 ± 259.1 | 825.6 ± 261.6 | −1.0927 | 0.001052 | 2.9781 | |
Hypoxanthine | 3.73 ± 1.32 | 25.14 ± 18.92 | 2.5342 | 0.00134 | 2.8728 | |
Hexanoic acid | 53.83 ± 20.40 | 184.4 ± 65.22 | 1.6189 | 0.004884 | 2.3112 | |
ketoglutaric acid | 5.04 ± 3.43 | 1.34 ± 0.93 | −2.1528 | 0.009107 | 2.0406 | |
Threonine | 3.57 ± 1.18 | 8.36 ± 3.92 | 1.0422 | 0.017975 | 1.7453 | |
Uric acid | 17.61 ± 3.54 | 45.03 ± 26.95 | 1.2089 | 0.083333 | 1.0792 | |
ITG | ketoglutaric acid | 5.16 ± 1.72 | 21.95 ± 16.44 | 1.8934 | 0.006078 | 2.2162 |