Even though p -values for individual FFA were not statistically significant, the whole group of twenty metabolites within the FFA group show an elevated trend with HBV infection which suggests dysregulation of the pathway.
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Furthermore, several plasmalogens glycosyl-PEs, such as 1-stearoyl-2-linoleoyl-glycosyl-GPE (18:0/18:2), derived from a linoleic acid and an octadecanoic acid (fold change of 1.9, p -value = 0.09) ( Fig 3F ) were increased albeit did not reach statistical significance.