NMR-based metabolomics analysis in breast cancer patients from Saudi Arabia: a pilot study.

Sci Rep · 2026 · PMC13429682 · PMID 42178335

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a decreasing trendp = 0.056so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Before FDR correction, glutamate and leucine were significantly lower in advanced stages ( p = 0.045), and lactate showed a decreasing trend ( p = 0.056).

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nominally significantno p-value reported

The loss of significance for several nominally significant metabolites after FDR correction may reflect Type II error rather than a particular absence of differences.

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