Table 2 Significant pathways with at least 5 matched significant metabolic features for parameter settings where ~ 4,000 features were detected.

From: Addressing the batch effect issue for LC/MS metabolomics data in data preprocessing

Pathways

Overlap_size

Pathway_size

p value

Two-stage apLCMS (within-batch proportion 0.3, initially detected in at least 4 batches), 4,034 features

 Lysine metabolism

6

19

0.00185

 Phosphatidylinositol phosphate metabolism

5

16

0.00479

 Butanoate metabolism

5

17

0.00681

 Glycine, serine, alanine and threonine metabolism

8

38

0.00798

 Aspartate and asparagine metabolism

9

52

0.01899

 Urea cycle/amino group metabolism

7

40

0.02756

 Pyrimidine metabolism

5

27

0.0463

 Glycerophospholipid metabolism

8

53

0.04966

Traditional apLCMS (minimum samples detected 90), 4,129 features

 Butanoate metabolism

5

15

0.00387

 Glycine, serine, alanine and threonine metabolism

8

37

0.00689

 Arachidonic acid metabolism

6

24

0.00748

 Lysine metabolism

5

18

0.0079

 Vitamin B3 (nicotinate and nicotinamide) metabolism

5

18

0.0079

 Glycerophospholipid metabolism

9

52

0.01681

 Urea cycle/amino group metabolism

7

43

0.041

 Aspartate and asparagine metabolism

8

53

0.04899

XCMS (centWave + loess, IPO optimized, minimum samples detected 90), 4,165 features

 C21-steroid hormone biosynthesis and metabolism

6

24

0.00395

 Urea cycle/amino group metabolism

5

30

0.04353