Table 3 Acupuncture-induced changes to key metabolites selected by t-tests and FC analysis.

From: Active Acupoints Differ from Inactive Acupoints in Modulating Key Plasmatic Metabolites of Hypertension: A Targeted Metabolomics Study

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