Table 3 Potential biomarkers for IMI exposure discovered by VIP value and ROC analysis.

From: Metabolic disturbance in hippocampus and liver of mice: A primary response to imidacloprid exposure

 

Biomarkers

VIP

p value

AUC

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Youden index

Hippocampus

Control–Low

Acetylcholine

2.36

**

0.917

83.3

100.0

0.833

 

sn-Glycerol 3-phosphoethanolamine

1.18

*

0.861

83.3

83.3

0.666

 

L-Phenylalanine

1.43

*

0.778

83.3

66.7

0.500

Control–High

Acetylcholine

3.23

***

1.000

100.0

100.0

1.000

 

D-Lyxose

1.31

**

0.944

83.3

100.0

0.833

 

Adenine

1.22

*

0.806

66.7

100.0

0.667

 

GMP

1.07

*

0.861

83.3

83.3

0.666

Liver

Control–Low

L-Glutamine

2.92

***

1.000

100.0

100.0

1.000

 

S-Lactoylglutathione

2.26

*

0.972

100.0

83.3

0.833

 

Inosine

7.32

*

0.889

100.0

66.7

0.667

 

AMP

3.53

*

0.889

100.0

66.7

0.667

 

L-Pyroglutamic acid

1.50

*

0.806

100.0

66.7

0.667

 

Adenine

1.25

*

0.889

83.3

83.3

0.666

 

2-Hydroxyadenine

1.24

*

0.833

83.3

83.3

0.666

Control–High

Guanosine

2.03

*

0.889

100.0

66.7

0.667

 

UDP-N-acetylglucosamine

1.92

*

0.806

100.0

66.7

0.667

 

L-Pyroglutamic acid

1.73

*

0.861

100.0

66.7

0.667

 

Adenine

1.57

*

0.889

100.0

66.7

0.667

 

2-Hydroxyadenine

1.53

*

0.889

100.0

66.7

0.667

 

1-Stearoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine

3.11

*

0.778

83.3

83.3

0.666

  1. Abbreviations: AUC, area under curve; GMP, Guanosine 5′-monophosphate; AMP, Adenosine monophosphate. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.