Table 5 Results of the ROC analyses of metabolites measured in M.tb-stimulated whole blood QFT cultures.

From: Targeted metabolomics analysis of serum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-stimulated blood cultures of pediatric patients with active and latent tuberculosis

Metabolite

AUC

HC vs

TB + LTBI + NMP

TB vs. LTBI + NMP + HC

TB + LTBI vs. HC + NMP

TB + NMP vs. HC + LTBI

OFT TB1 culture

Lysine (Lys)

0.494

0.535

0.548

0.587

Arginine (Arg)

0.500

0.500

0.500

0.500

Cystine

0.496

0.502

0.496

0.497

Asparagine (Asn)

0.522

0.511

0.510

0.563

Glycine (Gly)

0.556

0.522

0.570

0.522

Serine (Ser)

0.515

0.499

0.531

0.477

Alanine (Ala)

0.504

0.539

0.518

0.542

Glutamine (Gln)

0.536

0.581

0.476

0.565

Hydroxyproline (Hyp)

0.552

0.727

0.522

0.749

Threonine (Thr)

0.509

0.610

0.492

0.562

Cysteine (Cys)

0.511

0.567

0.505

0.546

Proline (Pro)

0.586

0.597

0.474

0.666

Valine (Val)

0.518

0.573

0.487

0.593

Methionine (Met)

0.546

0.655

0.573

0.545

Tyrosine (Tyr)

0.508

0.546

0.524

0.468

Leucine (Leu)

0.532

0.461

0.590

0.567

Isoleucine (Ile)

0.569

0.564

0.578

0.531

Phenyloalanine (Phe)

0.546

0.483

0.569

0.519

Tryptophan (Trp)

0.518

0.549

0.496

0.553

Glutathione (GSH)

0.509

0.507

0.473

0.558

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)

0.592

0.562

0.538

0.640

Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA)

0.557

0.547

0.622

0.570

Kynurenine (Kyn)

0.638

0.508

0.717

0.595

Inosine (Ino)

0.587

0.573

0.537

0.563

Citrulline (Cit)

0.491

0.530

0.432

0.578

Neopterin (Neo)

0.511

0.553

0.517

0.534

Pyridoxal

0.500

0.500

0.500

0.500

Pyroglutamic acid (Glp)

0.510

0.579

0.474

0.601

Isopyridoxal

0.500

0.500

0.500

0.500

Glycyl-L-valine

0.503

0.593

0.504

0.546

OFT TB2 culture

Lysine (Lys)

0.492

0.529

0.542

0.570

Arginine (Arg)

0.496

0.502

0.496

0.497

Cystine

0.498

0.507

0.489

0.510

Asparagine (Asn)

0.511

0.564

0.570

0.563

Glycine (Gly)

0.577

0.585

0.581

0.552

Serine (Ser)

0.501

0.502

0.516

0.473

Alanine (Ala)

0.507

0.528

0.519

0.466

Glutamine (Gln)

0.506

0.584

0.555

0.561

Hydroxyproline (Hyp)

0.563

0.728

0.514

0.757

Threonine (Thr)

0.531

0.502

0.559

0.537

Cysteine (Cys)

0.531

0.584

0.534

0.454

Proline (Pro)

0.560

0.608

0.497

0.671

Valine (Val)

0.543

0.578

0.511

0.601

Methionine (Met)

0.548

0.629

0.558

0.559

Tyrosine (Tyr)

0.518

0.532

0.522

0.555

Leucine (Leu)

0.531

0.475

0.585

0.570

Isoleucine (Ile)

0.539

0.554

0.541

0.531

Phenyloalanine (Phe)

0.531

0.546

0.555

0.508

Tryptophan (Trp)

0.529

0.565

0.492

0.576

Glutathione (GSH)

0.497

0.524

0.465

0.540

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)

0.602

0.637

0.576

0.634

Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA)

0.564

0.547

0.636

0.581

Kynurenine (Kyn)

0.609

0.525

0.688

0.594

Inosine (Ino)

0.545

0.578

0.505

0.535

Citrulline (Cit)

0.484

0.525

0.425

0.582

Neopterin (Neo)

0.504

0.431

0.512

0.547

Pyridoxal

0.500

0.500

0.500

0.500

Pyroglutamic acid (Glp)

0.509

0.598

0.542

0.603

Isopyridoxal

0.500

0.500

0.500

0.500

Glycyl-L-valine

0.535

0.605

0.480

0.587

  1. AUC area under curve, HC M.tb-uninfected healthy controls, LTBI latently M.tb infected individuals, NMP patients with nonmycobacterial pneumonia, TB active tuberculosis patients.