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Table 4 Comparisons of lipid subclasses amongst the three clusters

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

Lipid class

Lipid Sub-Class

Fold change

Kruskal-Wallis adjusted

p-value

Tendency

LClus1/LClus3

LClus2/LClus3

LClus1/LClus2

Acyl carnitines

AcCa

0.67

0.31***

2.18

< 0.0005

 

Fatty acids

SFA

0.79

1.08***

0.73***

< 0.0005

Up in LClus2

MUFA

3.59***

1.03

3.48**

< 0.0005

Up in LClus1

PUFA

3.66**

0.84

4.34***

< 0.0005

Up in LClus1

Sphingolipids

Cer

0.54

0.81

0.66

0.117

 

CerG1

1.10

0.52***

2.11

< 0.0005

 

CerG2

8.95*

4.58

1.95**

0.009

Up in LClus1

GM3

1.00

0.23***

4.46***

< 0.0005

Down in LClus2

SM

1.37

0.49***

2.81***

< 0.0005

Down in LClus2

So

1.37

0.49*

2.81

0.013

 

Neutral lipids

DG

1.19

22.90

0.05

0.136

 

TG

0.82

1.23***

0.66**

< 0.0005

Up in LClus2

Phospholipids

PC

1.85

0.40***

4.67***

< 0.0005

Down in LClus2

PE

2.88

0.68***

4.27***

< 0.0005

Down in LClus2

PG

0.95

0.31***

3.09*

< 0.0005

Down in LClus2

PI

1.95

0.39***

4.95***

< 0.0005

Down in LClus2

PS

1.84

0.61***

3.01*

< 0.0005

Down in LClus2

LPC

0.52

0.43***

1.20

< 0.0005

 

LPE

0.45

0.45***

0.99

< 0.0005

 

LPG

0.79

0.31***

2.53

< 0.0005

 
  1. Tendency is indicated only when the cluster is differed from all the other clusters. The * depicts a statistically significant difference. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001