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Table 1 The metabolic pathways identified in relation to the components of sarcopenia

From: The causal relationship of human blood metabolites with the components of Sarcopenia: a two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis

Sarcopenia component

Metabolic pathways

Involved metabolites

P-Value

Details

Hand grip strength (right)

Beta Oxidation of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids

L-Acetylcarnitine

3.82E-02

SMPDB

Alanine Metabolism

Glycine

4.11E-02

SMPDB

Carnitine Synthesis

Glycine

4.69E-02

SMPDB

Walking pace

Alpha Linolenic Acid and Linoleic Acid Metabolism

Eicosapentaenoic acid; Docosapentaenoic acid (22n-6)

3.41E-03

SMPDB

Fructose and Mannose Degradation

D-Fructose; D-Mannose

1.04E-02

SMPDB

Galactose Metabolism

D-Fructose; D-Mannose

1.27E-02

SMPDB

Fructose and mannose metabolism

D-Fructose; D-Mannose

4.56E-04

KEGG

Galactose metabolism

D-Fructose; D-Mannose

8.41E-04

KEGG

Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism

D-Fructose

2.05E-03

KEGG

Starch and sucrose metabolism

D-Fructose; D-Mannose

3.39E-02

KEGG

Appendicular lean mass

Carnitine Synthesis

L-Lysine; Oxoglutaric acid

3.41E-03

SMPDB

Lysine Degradation

L-Lysine; Oxoglutaric acid

5.34E-03

SMPDB

Citric Acid Cycle

Citric acid; Oxoglutaric acid

8.99E-03

SMPDB

Fructose and Mannose Degradation

D-Fructose; D-Mannose

1.04E-02

SMPDB

Galactose Metabolism

D-Fructose; D-Mannose

1.27E-02

SMPDB

Warburg Effect

Citric acid; Oxoglutaric acid

3.06E-02

SMPDB

Biotin Metabolism

L-Lysine

4.10E-02

SMPDB

Malate-Aspartate Shuttle

Oxoglutaric acid

4.10E-02

SMPDB

Fructose and mannose metabolism

D-Fructose; D-Mannose

2.23E-03

KEGG

Citrate cycle (TCA cycle)

2-Oxoglutarate; Citrate

2.23E-03

KEGG

Galactose metabolism

D-Fructose; D-Mannose

4.07E-03

KEGG

Alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism

2-Oxoglutarate; Citrate

4.38E-03

KEGG

Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism

D-Fructose; D-Mannose

9.73E-03

KEGG

Biotin metabolism

L-Lysine

3.76E-02

KEGG

  1. Notes: KEGG, Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes; SMPDB, Small molecule pathway database.