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Table 2 Comparisons of lipid subclasses between CAP and controls

From: Inflammatory responses relate to distinct bronchoalveolar lavage lipidome in community-acquired pneumonia patients: a pilot study

Lipid Class

Lipid Sub-Class

Adduct

% of the total lipid signals

Fold change

Kruskal-Wallis adjusted

p-value

SCAP/Control

NSCAP/ Control

SCAP/NSCAP

Acylcarnitines

AcCa

+H

0.06%

0.48

0.75

0.63

0.078

Fatty acids

SFA

-H

54.96%

0.93

0.99

0.94

0.14

MUFA

-H

1.35%

2.13***

1.13**

1.92

< 0.0005

PUFA

-H

0.85%

2.50*

1.33*

1.92

0.004

Sphingolipids

Cer

+H

2.16%

1.09

1.41

0.81

0.95

CerG1

+H

0.32%

1.13

1.46

0.82

0.482

CerG2

+H

0.25%

16.36***

13.51***

1.64

< 0.0005

GM3

+H

0.01%

0.98

1.16

0.88

0.125

SM

+H

7.91%

1.11

1.06

1.06

0.792

So

+H

0.81%

0.44***

0.65**

0.67

< 0.0005

Neutral lipids

DG

+NH4

1.88%

1.96*

1.96

0.94

0.031

TG

+NH4

23.77%

0.92

0.91

1.00

0.222

Phospholipids

PC

+CH3COO

4.26%

1.36

1.01

1.36

0.81

PE

-H

0.72%

2.14***

1.43*

1.60

< 0.0005

PG

-H

0.77%

0.67*

0.87

0.76

0.019

PI

-H

0.45%

1.65

0.90

1.84

0.110

PS

-H

0.09%

1.69

1.50

1.20

0.034

LPC

+H

0.55%

0.47**

0.71

0.70

0.002

LPE

+H

0.08%

0.49*

0.76

0.70

0.014

LPG

-H

0.01%

0.41***

0.72

0.58

< 0.0005

  1. The relative abundances of lipid subclasses were calculated from the sum of lipid species that classified to the same subclass. The * depicts a statistically significant difference. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001