The association between plasma free amino acids and type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with infection in Chinese patients

Table 3 Factor and their loadings derived by 23 PFAA metabolites

Variables	Factor1	Factor2	Factor3	Factor4	Factor5	Factor6
Asn	0.914	0.080	0.010	0.042	0.087	0.024
Leu	0.911	0.161	0.030	0.058	0.035	-0.011
Val	0.889	0.124	0.034	0.033	0.010	0.022
Tyr	0.755	0.262	0.057	0.214	0.047	0.053
Met	0.649	0.170	0.448	0.130	-0.056	0.003
Phe	0.590	0.475	0.000	0.156	0.056	0.054
Trp	0.525	0.465	0.148	0.410	0.096	-0.060
Ala	0.518	0.421	0.206	0.057	0.143	-0.074
Gly	0.171	0.811	0.016	0.205	0.112	0.052
Arg	0.236	0.654	0.118	-0.042	-0.088	-0.086
Thr	0.511	0.575	0.138	0.277	-0.032	0.205
Pro	0.417	0.530	0.266	-0.342	0.160	-0.028
Ser	0.345	0.519	-0.083	0.431	-0.026	0.121
Cit	0.054	0.469	0.194	0.274	-0.017	-0.050
Gln	0.078	0.023	0.905	0.089	0.203	0.094
Lys	0.077	0.149	0.897	0.053	-0.093	0.003
His	0.105	0.529	0.584	0.148	-0.056	0.041
Orn	0.002	-0.035	0.121	0.821	-0.102	0.011
Asp	0.226	0.310	0.029	0.686	0.039	0.015
Glu	0.236	0.391	0.155	0.615	0.293	-0.041
Hcy	-0.045	0.078	0.120	0.177	-0.830	-0.115
Pip	0.081	0.106	0.195	0.225	0.521	-0.131
Cys	0.049	-0.001	0.091	0.008	0.002	0.955

Six factors were extracted based on eigenvalues > 1, scree plot, and cumulative variance by principal component analysis.Individual PFAA with absolute loading > 0.50 was considered as relevant components of the identified factors and marked in black
Ala Alanine, Asn Asparagine, Leu Leucine, Phe Phenylalanine, Trp Tryptophan, Tyr Tyrosine, Val Valine, Arg Arginine, Gly Glycine, Pro Proline, Thr Threonine, Cit Citrulline, Gln Glutamine, His Histidine, Lys Lysine, Met Methionine, Ser Serine, Orn Ornithine, Glu Glutamate, Asp aspartate, Pip Piperamide, Cys Cysteine, Hcy Homocysteine

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