23 Partial least square analysis

23.1 Prepare the data

library(ropls)
data(sacurine)
names(sacurine)
## [1] "dataMatrix"       "sampleMetadata"   "variableMetadata"

We attach sacurine to the search path and display a summary of the content of the dataMatrix, sampleMetadata and variableMetadata with the strF Function of the ropls package (see also str):

attach(sacurine)
strF(dataMatrix)
##        dim  class    mode typeof   size NAs  min mean median max
##  183 x 109 matrix numeric double 0.2 Mb   0 -0.3  4.2    4.3   6
##        (2-methoxyethoxy)propanoic acid isomer (gamma)Glu-Leu/Ile ...
## HU_011                            3.019766011        3.888479324 ...
## HU_014                             3.81433889        4.277148905 ...
## ...                                       ...                ... ...
## HU_208                            3.748127215        4.523763202 ...
## HU_209                            4.208859398        4.675880567 ...
##        Valerylglycine isomer 2  Xanthosine
## HU_011             3.889078716 4.075879575
## HU_014             4.181765852 4.195761901
## ...                        ...         ...
## HU_208             4.634338821 4.487781609
## HU_209              4.47194762 4.222953354
head(dataMatrix)
##        (2-methoxyethoxy)propanoic acid isomer (gamma)Glu-Leu/Ile
## HU_011                               3.019766           3.888479
## HU_014                               3.814339           4.277149
## HU_015                               3.519691           4.195649
## HU_017                               2.562183           4.323760
## HU_018                               3.781922           4.629329
## HU_019                               4.161074           4.412266
##        1-Methyluric acid 1-Methylxanthine 1,3-Dimethyluric acid
## HU_011          3.869006         3.717259              3.535461
## HU_014          3.837704         3.776851              3.932581
## HU_015          4.102254         4.291665              3.955376
## HU_017          4.538520         4.432216              4.228491
## HU_018          4.178829         4.117360              4.005545
## HU_019          4.516805         4.562052              4.320582
##        1,7-Dimethyluric acid 2-acetamido-4-methylphenyl acetate
## HU_011              3.325199                           4.204754
## HU_014              4.025125                           5.181858
## HU_015              3.972904                           3.885680
## HU_017              4.109927                           4.237915
## HU_018              4.024092                           1.852994
## HU_019              4.326856                           4.080681
##        2-Aminoadipic acid 2-Hydroxybenzyl alcohol 2-Isopropylmalic acid
## HU_011           4.080204                4.560049              3.466916
## HU_014           4.359246                3.158212              3.942746
## HU_015           4.249111                4.290525              3.539600
## HU_017           4.231404                3.644976              3.152084
## HU_018           4.323679                4.095923              4.490116
## HU_019           4.244485                4.428005              4.156567
##        2-Methylhippuric acid 2,2-Dimethylglutaric acid
## HU_011              4.297716                  3.799720
## HU_014              3.833793                  4.192342
## HU_015              4.199262                  4.146924
## HU_017              3.865260                  4.233270
## HU_018              4.271223                  4.755177
## HU_019              3.831930                  4.333599
##        3-Hydroxybenzyl alcohol 3-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid
## HU_011                3.502958                   4.672721
## HU_014                4.370053                   4.490127
## HU_015                3.990814                   4.416155
## HU_017                4.151260                   3.960912
## HU_018                4.373425                   4.247532
## HU_019                1.446237                   4.164327
##        3-Indole carboxylic acid glucuronide 3-Methyl-2-oxovaleric acid
## HU_011                             3.548979                   3.956110
## HU_014                             4.344955                   4.062870
## HU_015                             4.174503                   4.420565
## HU_017                             4.688053                   4.146152
## HU_018                             3.276676                   4.351114
## HU_019                             4.206905                   4.341494
##        3-Methylcrotonylglycine 3,3-Dimethylglutaric acid
## HU_011                4.204465                  4.223994
## HU_014                4.055144                  4.486961
## HU_015                4.148095                  4.137063
## HU_017                4.193130                  4.200239
## HU_018                4.225720                  4.569052
## HU_019                4.127074                  4.195226
##        3,4-Dihydroxybenzeneacetic acid
## HU_011                        3.400454
## HU_014                        4.366695
## HU_015                        3.965742
## HU_017                        4.121298
## HU_018                        4.373747
## HU_019                        2.320550
##        3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid/3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid
## HU_011                                            4.494138
## HU_014                                            4.118021
## HU_015                                            4.284274
## HU_017                                            4.118248
## HU_018                                            4.077463
## HU_019                                            4.107163
##        3,7-Dimethyluric acid 4-Acetamidobutanoic acid isomer 2
## HU_011              4.233820                          4.046984
## HU_014              3.596651                          4.218431
## HU_015              3.954022                          3.995719
## HU_017              3.995039                          4.006450
## HU_018              3.908515                          4.564357
## HU_019              4.720603                          4.193068
##        4-Acetamidobutanoic acid isomer 3 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid
## HU_011                          3.964380              4.581811
## HU_014                          4.087865              4.675483
## HU_015                          4.031485              4.248248
## HU_017                          3.884681              4.171788
## HU_018                          4.347509              4.660293
## HU_019                          4.040541              4.335561
##        4-Methylhippuric acid/3-Methylhippuric acid
## HU_011                                    3.242186
## HU_014                                    3.838007
## HU_015                                    4.723900
## HU_017                                    3.617350
## HU_018                                    4.285848
## HU_019                                    3.430342
##        5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid 5-Sulfosalicylic acid
## HU_011                   4.307545              4.023477
## HU_014                   4.402027              4.083692
## HU_015                   3.975413              4.232119
## HU_017                   4.168655              3.088972
## HU_018                   4.502182              4.142686
## HU_019                   4.281092              3.950241
##        6-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-6-oxohexanoic acid
## HU_011                               3.758640
## HU_014                               4.329163
## HU_015                               3.994170
## HU_017                               4.436174
## HU_018                               4.442814
## HU_019                               4.260599
##        6-(carboxymethoxy)-hexanoic acid 9-Methylxanthine
## HU_011                         3.445392         4.403909
## HU_014                         3.999589         4.211293
## HU_015                         4.039267         4.073960
## HU_017                         4.084428         4.257367
## HU_018                         4.527800         3.662754
## HU_019                         4.114818         4.262501
##        Acetaminophen glucuronide Acetylphenylalanine
## HU_011                1.64620136            4.169514
## HU_014                0.09467123            4.515993
## HU_015               -0.15947672            4.083460
## HU_017                0.32143853            3.767910
## HU_018                1.76127463            4.187942
## HU_019                4.62568088            4.292496
##        alpha-N-Phenylacetyl-glutamine Aminosalicyluric acid
## HU_011                       4.406638              4.125306
## HU_014                       4.362682              3.942512
## HU_015                       4.101540              4.004895
## HU_017                       4.173137              4.277246
## HU_018                       4.332330              4.307816
## HU_019                       4.366653              3.908610
##        Asp-Leu/Ile isomer 1 Asp-Leu/Ile isomer 2 Aspartic acid
## HU_011             3.565669             3.706871      4.262679
## HU_014             3.852859             3.624547      4.278906
## HU_015             3.879881             3.965623      4.225658
## HU_017             3.564683             4.000451      4.476138
## HU_018             4.710114             4.414012      4.460986
## HU_019             4.551170             4.417869      4.545151
##        Azelaic acid Benzoic acid isomer Chenodeoxycholic acid isomer
## HU_011     4.419660            3.867245                     3.507941
## HU_014     4.331720            4.830236                     3.925771
## HU_015     4.105070            3.371990                     4.765679
## HU_017     4.017999            3.724525                     4.058410
## HU_018     4.320763            4.593359                     4.379709
## HU_019     4.641622            4.475130                     4.120224
##        Cinnamoylglycine Citric acid Dehydroepiandrosterone 3-glucuronide
## HU_011         3.981493    4.077505                             4.276799
## HU_014         3.381453    4.418117                             3.781079
## HU_015         3.773393    4.179830                             4.039523
## HU_017         4.213982    4.218916                             3.960037
## HU_018         2.636678    4.294479                             4.178258
## HU_019         4.071694    4.386380                             4.018968
##        Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate Deoxyhexose Dimethylguanosine
## HU_011                       4.462774    3.760569          4.052598
## HU_014                       3.806104    3.809186          4.269907
## HU_015                       3.193502    4.226145          4.197532
## HU_017                       4.165680    3.997357          4.350023
## HU_018                       4.363253    4.084736          4.408429
## HU_019                       3.986997    4.296965          4.310144
##           FMNH2 Fumaric acid Gentisic acid  Glu-Val
## HU_011 3.565083     3.567561      4.300974 3.706666
## HU_014 4.208395     3.840097      4.584677 4.310927
## HU_015 4.034409     4.384064      4.764176 4.289509
## HU_017 4.233037     3.416630      4.062663 4.376818
## HU_018 4.597364     4.091964      4.431808 4.721889
## HU_019 4.199745     4.012107      4.238883 4.392128
##        Gluconic acid and/or isomers Glucuronic acid and/or isomers
## HU_011                     4.288424                       4.271366
## HU_014                     4.586464                       4.701159
## HU_015                     4.096407                       4.123025
## HU_017                     4.743170                       4.593438
## HU_018                     4.614798                       4.461186
## HU_019                     4.334139                       4.461209
##        Glyceric acid Glycocholic acid isomer 2 Glycocholic acid isomer 3
## HU_011      3.928441                  3.536033                  3.467331
## HU_014      4.286770                  4.157624                  4.170019
## HU_015      4.273123                  4.298947                  4.045842
## HU_017      4.606753                  2.519658                  2.687939
## HU_018      4.641004                  4.743202                  4.763984
## HU_019      4.429628                  3.395705                  3.371074
##        Heptylmalonic acid Hexanoylglycine Hippuric acid
## HU_011           4.299342        3.700495      4.281181
## HU_014           4.587917        4.288872      4.274765
## HU_015           4.245115        4.154405      4.030601
## HU_017           4.101909        4.076289      4.437759
## HU_018           4.270874        4.575928      4.105510
## HU_019           4.417992        3.904992      4.297234
##        Hydroxybenzyl alcohol isomer Hydroxyphenyllactic acid
## HU_011                     4.238096                 3.959217
## HU_014                     3.602194                 4.774698
## HU_015                     3.948782                 3.457264
## HU_017                     3.368220                 3.805230
## HU_018                     4.324214                 4.567749
## HU_019                     4.043065                 4.413443
##        Hydroxysuberic acid isomer 1 Hydroxysuberic acid isomer 2
## HU_011                     4.144705                     4.295285
## HU_014                     3.914818                     4.351692
## HU_015                     4.118942                     4.050348
## HU_017                     4.016532                     4.476785
## HU_018                     4.513977                     4.474938
## HU_019                     4.522243                     4.145574
##        Isovalerylalanine isomer Ketoleucine Kynurenic acid Malic acid
## HU_011                 3.878689    3.522784       4.012747   3.534347
## HU_014                 4.167564    3.861882       4.068847   4.069774
## HU_015                 4.427536    3.839057       4.157414   3.696515
## HU_017                 4.377871    4.034678       4.392389   3.940602
## HU_018                 4.700258    4.078886       4.296854   4.231243
## HU_019                 4.067620    4.030812       4.323642   4.333562
##        Methoxysalicylic acid isomer
## HU_011                     4.060952
## HU_014                     4.112547
## HU_015                     4.288847
## HU_017                     4.458437
## HU_018                     4.189123
## HU_019                     4.562835
##        Methyl (hydroxymethyl)pyrrolidine-carboxylate/Methyl (hydroxy)piperidine-carboxylate
## HU_011                                                                             3.899313
## HU_014                                                                             4.233935
## HU_015                                                                             4.520556
## HU_017                                                                             4.355592
## HU_018                                                                             4.407202
## HU_019                                                                             4.232537
##        Methylinosine Mevalonic acid isomer 1 Monoethyl phthalate
## HU_011      3.979667                3.329769            4.186150
## HU_014      4.191845                4.018856            3.347641
## HU_015      4.362143                1.551281            3.824039
## HU_017      4.272384                2.800934            3.091728
## HU_018      4.487805                4.112110            3.655938
## HU_019      4.378914                4.144182            4.240828
##        N-Acetyl-aspartic acid N-Acetylisoleucine N-Acetylleucine
## HU_011               4.117673           4.093393        3.411936
## HU_014               4.428008           4.306259        4.478246
## HU_015               4.205715           4.268660        4.266854
## HU_017               4.385727           4.017203        4.027337
## HU_018               4.253549           4.114619        3.237244
## HU_019               4.363792           4.483260        4.370739
##        N-Acetyltryptophan N-Acetyltryptophan isomer 3
## HU_011           3.792115                    4.559495
## HU_014           4.484242                    4.038887
## HU_015           4.254061                    4.333962
## HU_017           3.645018                    4.621739
## HU_018           4.193701                    3.276002
## HU_019           4.221705                    4.174604
##        N2-Acetylaminoadipic acid N4-Acetylcytidine Nicotinuric acid isomer
## HU_011                  3.631931          4.361610                3.848278
## HU_014                  4.493698          4.518477                4.441710
## HU_015                  3.904043          3.885826                4.240330
## HU_017                  3.997636          4.496160                4.343148
## HU_018                  4.330822          4.685971                4.044958
## HU_019                  4.210520          4.468025                4.452897
##        Ortho-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid Oxoglutaric acid p-Anisic acid
## HU_011                       3.870825         2.997953      3.841620
## HU_014                       4.658541         3.993253      4.678148
## HU_015                       4.001141         3.482831      3.455275
## HU_017                       4.296011         3.947712      2.890224
## HU_018                       4.679458         3.955677      3.247603
## HU_019                       4.295495         4.195985      3.952277
##        p-Hydroxyhippuric acid p-Hydroxymandelic acid
## HU_011               4.198435               4.140949
## HU_014               4.621760               3.818508
## HU_015               3.835598               4.221860
## HU_017               4.166668               4.421014
## HU_018               4.592458               4.703186
## HU_019               4.114812               4.096616
##        p-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid Pantothenic acid  Pentose
## HU_011                   4.057362         4.367247 4.119872
## HU_014                   3.867961         4.483832 4.219938
## HU_015                   4.198771         4.281965 4.354551
## HU_017                   4.138231         4.201390 4.294260
## HU_018                   4.348636         4.367093 4.465690
## HU_019                   4.181577         4.121433 4.250880
##        Phe-Tyr-Asp (and isomers) Porphobilinogen Pyridoxic acid isomer 1
## HU_011                  4.379156        3.873927                4.264819
## HU_014                  4.227932        4.181048                4.103788
## HU_015                  4.004176        4.136767                3.887147
## HU_017                  4.214129        4.162675                3.856186
## HU_018                  4.154741        4.461157                4.602857
## HU_019                  4.340768        4.170573                4.069686
##        Pyridylacetylglycine Pyrocatechol sulfate Pyroglutamic acid
## HU_011             4.042992             4.452942          4.013843
## HU_014             4.210327             4.281094          4.188313
## HU_015             4.099646             4.239741          4.202476
## HU_017             4.309022             4.186333          4.209444
## HU_018             4.386013             4.060466          4.246487
## HU_019             4.398879             4.282089          4.184347
##        Pyrroledicarboxylic acid Pyruvic acid Quinic acid Salicylic acid
## HU_011                 3.854579     3.229445    4.128023       3.925518
## HU_014                 4.059364     3.843606    4.168761       4.035196
## HU_015                 4.426634     3.555714    4.295171       4.588327
## HU_017                 3.763358     3.766176    4.533188       3.847885
## HU_018                 3.828249     3.985018    3.685546       3.695891
## HU_019                 4.317047     3.911799    4.459420       4.100363
##        Sebacic acid Suberic acid Sulfosalicylic acid isomer  Taurine
## HU_011     4.298555     4.283358                   4.724543 4.294956
## HU_014     4.316859     4.521646                   3.968791 5.143374
## HU_015     4.387094     4.159625                   3.946592 4.525365
## HU_017     4.026013     4.125570                   3.560990 4.821052
## HU_018     4.516985     4.452634                   4.320034 4.544508
## HU_019     4.547073     4.535423                   4.480640 3.999298
##        Testosterone glucuronide Tetrahydrohippuric acid
## HU_011                 4.292437                3.409692
## HU_014                 3.467556                4.766827
## HU_015                 4.325043                3.407598
## HU_017                 4.306862                4.522244
## HU_018                 4.589208                4.296404
## HU_019                 4.010066                3.764092
##        Threo-3-Phenylserine Threonic acid/Erythronic acid Tryptophan
## HU_011             4.274910                      4.313963   4.006518
## HU_014             4.153934                      4.473729   4.421590
## HU_015             3.457296                      4.124348   4.438306
## HU_017             3.927525                      4.558518   4.542105
## HU_018             4.246966                      4.446222   4.217120
## HU_019             4.269736                      4.367592   4.558531
##        Valerylglycine isomer 1 Valerylglycine isomer 2 Xanthosine
## HU_011                4.016261                3.889079   4.075880
## HU_014                3.881005                4.181766   4.195762
## HU_015                4.187176                4.254695   4.124493
## HU_017                4.147544                4.290660   4.250258
## HU_018                4.104498                4.138196   4.361709
## HU_019                4.065452                4.300930   4.199196
sampleMetadata
##         age   bmi gender
## HU_011 29.0 19.75      M
## HU_014 59.0 22.64      F
## HU_015 42.0 22.72      M
## HU_017 41.0 23.03      M
## HU_018 34.0 20.96      M
## HU_019 35.0 23.41      M
## HU_020 59.0 17.10      M
## HU_021 34.0 23.36      M
## HU_022 51.0 28.23      F
## HU_023 51.0 29.55      M
## HU_024 57.0 29.86      M
## HU_025 53.0 21.60      M
## HU_026 34.0 23.46      F
## HU_027 37.0 24.82      M
## HU_028 41.0 23.92      F
## HU_029 37.0 27.78      M
## HU_030 49.0 25.88      M
## HU_031 25.0 20.76      M
## HU_032 38.0 24.09      F
## HU_033 44.0 18.36      F
## HU_034 52.0 23.37      M
## HU_035 37.0 20.70      F
## HU_036 47.0 29.51      M
## HU_037 35.0 25.62      M
## HU_038 52.0 22.72      M
## HU_039 45.0 24.90      M
## HU_040 24.0 26.54      M
## HU_041 28.0 23.67      M
## HU_042 36.0 19.75      M
## HU_043 42.0 29.04      M
## HU_044 57.0 25.46      F
## HU_045 46.0 20.81      F
## HU_046 35.0 24.84      M
## HU_047 43.0 25.00      F
## HU_048 39.0 19.49      F
## HU_049 50.0 27.85      M
## HU_050 30.0 24.21      M
## HU_051 24.0 23.23      F
## HU_052 51.0 20.06      F
## HU_053 49.0 25.88      M
## HU_054 29.0 20.76      M
## HU_055 58.0 24.89      F
## HU_056 41.0 21.15      M
## HU_057 57.0 27.16      M
## HU_058 45.0 26.70      M
## HU_060 55.0 28.72      F
## HU_061 44.0 25.35      F
## HU_062 34.0 22.22      M
## HU_063 35.0 21.01      F
## HU_064 32.0 21.94      F
## HU_065 54.0 21.87      M
## HU_066 25.0 22.53      F
## HU_067 40.0 19.31      F
## HU_068 37.0 27.22      F
## HU_069 39.0 24.38      M
## HU_070 58.0 18.71      M
## HU_072 47.0 27.13      M
## HU_073 35.0 25.38      M
## HU_074 42.0 20.94      F
## HU_075 38.0 21.05      M
## HU_076 47.0 26.70      M
## HU_077 27.0 21.15      M
## HU_078 46.0 25.18      M
## HU_079 47.0 23.55      M
## HU_080 21.0 19.72      F
## HU_081 25.0 17.84      F
## HU_082 49.0 23.15      M
## HU_083 50.0 29.76      M
## HU_084 62.0 23.80      F
## HU_085 23.0 22.86      M
## HU_086 33.0 23.51      M
## HU_087 38.0 23.80      F
## HU_088 50.0 21.78      F
## HU_089 31.0 23.70      M
## HU_090 46.0 19.79      M
## HU_091 61.0 26.12      M
## HU_092 40.0 21.83      M
## HU_093 53.0 21.71      M
## HU_094 32.0 23.29      M
## HU_095 27.0 27.33      M
## HU_097 50.0 26.78      M
## HU_098 46.0 20.45      M
## HU_099 23.0 21.30      M
## HU_100 47.0 21.22      F
## HU_101 39.0 23.70      M
## HU_102 59.0 24.03      F
## HU_103 49.0 26.79      M
## HU_105 47.0 22.96      M
## HU_106 42.0 27.34      M
## HU_107 46.0 24.22      M
## HU_108 25.0 23.81      M
## HU_109 32.0 22.68      M
## HU_110 50.0 20.90      F
## HU_112 55.0 25.36      M
## HU_113 44.0 23.05      M
## HU_114 58.0 29.38      M
## HU_115 46.0 27.24      F
## HU_116 28.0 20.96      F
## HU_117 24.0 22.86      M
## HU_118 30.0 21.64      F
## HU_119 50.0 24.44      F
## HU_120 32.0 23.88      F
## HU_121 26.0 20.57      M
## HU_122 48.0 23.03      M
## HU_123 49.0 24.39      M
## HU_124 34.0 22.22      M
## HU_125 58.0 25.47      M
## HU_126 45.0 24.70      M
## HU_127 45.0 25.62      M
## HU_129 47.0 29.32      M
## HU_130 33.0 26.06      M
## HU_131 42.0 23.12      M
## HU_132 38.0 26.67      F
## HU_133 53.0 25.43      M
## HU_134 48.0 22.89      M
## HU_135 31.0 24.93      M
## HU_136 52.0 20.81      F
## HU_137 28.0 22.22      M
## HU_138 42.0 21.88      M
## HU_139 47.0 23.03      M
## HU_140 49.0 26.59      M
## HU_142 25.0 20.98      M
## HU_143 52.0 23.15      F
## HU_144 38.0 29.54      M
## HU_145 27.0 29.09      M
## HU_146 42.0 24.21      M
## HU_147 60.0 31.74      M
## HU_148 55.0 30.48      F
## HU_149 35.0 19.49      F
## HU_150 49.0 27.24      F
## HU_152 26.0 17.58      F
## HU_154 35.0 27.71      F
## HU_155 48.0 20.45      F
## HU_156 36.0 16.85      F
## HU_157 43.0 21.95      F
## HU_158 50.0 25.48      F
## HU_159 37.0 21.72      F
## HU_160 31.0 24.17      F
## HU_162 50.0 29.03      F
## HU_163 49.0 23.15      F
## HU_164 45.0 25.63      F
## HU_166 40.0 19.72      F
## HU_167 55.0 20.57      F
## HU_168 37.0 20.76      F
## HU_169 53.0 19.14      F
## HU_170 50.0 24.61      F
## HU_171 29.0 21.37      F
## HU_172 55.0 21.36      F
## HU_173 55.0 20.28      F
## HU_174 42.0 31.64      F
## HU_175 35.0 21.26      F
## HU_177 59.0 28.58      F
## HU_179 33.0 26.57      F
## HU_180 53.0 23.74      F
## HU_181 49.0 22.46      F
## HU_182 43.0 23.74      F
## HU_183 46.0 19.13      F
## HU_184 37.0 25.33      F
## HU_185 42.0 21.09      F
## HU_186 44.0 22.10      F
## HU_187 21.0 19.95      F
## HU_188 22.0 24.22      F
## HU_189 39.0 19.43      F
## HU_190 28.0 25.93      M
## HU_191 36.0 26.12      M
## HU_192 31.0 24.22      M
## HU_193 35.0 21.78      F
## HU_194 40.0 28.04      F
## HU_195 26.0 18.42      F
## HU_196 27.0 21.10      F
## HU_197 26.0 20.72      M
## HU_198 35.0 22.98      M
## HU_199 33.0 21.04      M
## HU_200 46.0 23.89      M
## HU_201 34.0 20.24      M
## HU_202 42.0 28.06      M
## HU_203 25.0 19.95      F
## HU_204 31.0 29.06      M
## HU_205 33.0 28.37      M
## HU_206 45.0 22.15      F
## HU_207 33.0 19.47      F
## HU_208 27.0 18.61      F
## HU_209 17.5 21.48      F
summary(sampleMetadata)
##       age            bmi        gender 
##  Min.   :17.5   Min.   :16.85   M:100  
##  1st Qu.:33.0   1st Qu.:21.12   F: 83  
##  Median :42.0   Median :23.36          
##  Mean   :40.9   Mean   :23.61          
##  3rd Qu.:49.0   3rd Qu.:25.62          
##  Max.   :62.0   Max.   :31.74

23.2 Principal Component Analysis (PCA)

We perform a PCA on the dataMatrix matrix (samples as rows, variables as columns), with the opls method:

sacurine.pca <- opls(dataMatrix)
## PCA
## 183 samples x 109 variables
## standard scaling of predictors
##       R2X(cum) pre ort
## Total    0.501   8   0
genderFc <- sampleMetadata[, "gender"]
plot(sacurine.pca, typeVc = "x-score",
parAsColFcVn = genderFc, parEllipsesL = TRUE)

23.3 Partial least-squares: PLS and PLS-DA

For PLS (and OPLS), the Y response(s) must be provided to the opls method. Y can be either a numeric vector (respectively matrix) for single (respectively multiple) (O)PLS regression, or a character factor for (O)PLS-DA classification as in the following example with the gender qualitative response:

sacurine.plsda <- opls(dataMatrix, genderFc)
## PLS-DA
## 183 samples x 109 variables and 1 response
## standard scaling of predictors and response(s)
##       R2X(cum) R2Y(cum) Q2(cum) RMSEE pre ort pR2Y  pQ2
## Total    0.275     0.73   0.584 0.262   3   0 0.05 0.05
genderFc
##   [1] M F M M M M M M F M M M F M F M M M F F M F M M M M M M M M F F M F F
##  [36] M M F F M M F M M M F F M F F M F F F M M M M F M M M M M F F M M F M
##  [71] M F F M M M M M M M M M M F M F M M M M M M F M M M F F M F F F M M M
## [106] M M M M M M M F M M M F M M M M M F M M M M F F F F F F F F F F F F F
## [141] F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F M M M F F F F M M M M M
## [176] M F M M F F F F
## Levels: M F
head(dataMatrix)
##        (2-methoxyethoxy)propanoic acid isomer (gamma)Glu-Leu/Ile
## HU_011                               3.019766           3.888479
## HU_014                               3.814339           4.277149
## HU_015                               3.519691           4.195649
## HU_017                               2.562183           4.323760
## HU_018                               3.781922           4.629329
## HU_019                               4.161074           4.412266
##        1-Methyluric acid 1-Methylxanthine 1,3-Dimethyluric acid
## HU_011          3.869006         3.717259              3.535461
## HU_014          3.837704         3.776851              3.932581
## HU_015          4.102254         4.291665              3.955376
## HU_017          4.538520         4.432216              4.228491
## HU_018          4.178829         4.117360              4.005545
## HU_019          4.516805         4.562052              4.320582
##        1,7-Dimethyluric acid 2-acetamido-4-methylphenyl acetate
## HU_011              3.325199                           4.204754
## HU_014              4.025125                           5.181858
## HU_015              3.972904                           3.885680
## HU_017              4.109927                           4.237915
## HU_018              4.024092                           1.852994
## HU_019              4.326856                           4.080681
##        2-Aminoadipic acid 2-Hydroxybenzyl alcohol 2-Isopropylmalic acid
## HU_011           4.080204                4.560049              3.466916
## HU_014           4.359246                3.158212              3.942746
## HU_015           4.249111                4.290525              3.539600
## HU_017           4.231404                3.644976              3.152084
## HU_018           4.323679                4.095923              4.490116
## HU_019           4.244485                4.428005              4.156567
##        2-Methylhippuric acid 2,2-Dimethylglutaric acid
## HU_011              4.297716                  3.799720
## HU_014              3.833793                  4.192342
## HU_015              4.199262                  4.146924
## HU_017              3.865260                  4.233270
## HU_018              4.271223                  4.755177
## HU_019              3.831930                  4.333599
##        3-Hydroxybenzyl alcohol 3-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid
## HU_011                3.502958                   4.672721
## HU_014                4.370053                   4.490127
## HU_015                3.990814                   4.416155
## HU_017                4.151260                   3.960912
## HU_018                4.373425                   4.247532
## HU_019                1.446237                   4.164327
##        3-Indole carboxylic acid glucuronide 3-Methyl-2-oxovaleric acid
## HU_011                             3.548979                   3.956110
## HU_014                             4.344955                   4.062870
## HU_015                             4.174503                   4.420565
## HU_017                             4.688053                   4.146152
## HU_018                             3.276676                   4.351114
## HU_019                             4.206905                   4.341494
##        3-Methylcrotonylglycine 3,3-Dimethylglutaric acid
## HU_011                4.204465                  4.223994
## HU_014                4.055144                  4.486961
## HU_015                4.148095                  4.137063
## HU_017                4.193130                  4.200239
## HU_018                4.225720                  4.569052
## HU_019                4.127074                  4.195226
##        3,4-Dihydroxybenzeneacetic acid
## HU_011                        3.400454
## HU_014                        4.366695
## HU_015                        3.965742
## HU_017                        4.121298
## HU_018                        4.373747
## HU_019                        2.320550
##        3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid/3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid
## HU_011                                            4.494138
## HU_014                                            4.118021
## HU_015                                            4.284274
## HU_017                                            4.118248
## HU_018                                            4.077463
## HU_019                                            4.107163
##        3,7-Dimethyluric acid 4-Acetamidobutanoic acid isomer 2
## HU_011              4.233820                          4.046984
## HU_014              3.596651                          4.218431
## HU_015              3.954022                          3.995719
## HU_017              3.995039                          4.006450
## HU_018              3.908515                          4.564357
## HU_019              4.720603                          4.193068
##        4-Acetamidobutanoic acid isomer 3 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid
## HU_011                          3.964380              4.581811
## HU_014                          4.087865              4.675483
## HU_015                          4.031485              4.248248
## HU_017                          3.884681              4.171788
## HU_018                          4.347509              4.660293
## HU_019                          4.040541              4.335561
##        4-Methylhippuric acid/3-Methylhippuric acid
## HU_011                                    3.242186
## HU_014                                    3.838007
## HU_015                                    4.723900
## HU_017                                    3.617350
## HU_018                                    4.285848
## HU_019                                    3.430342
##        5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid 5-Sulfosalicylic acid
## HU_011                   4.307545              4.023477
## HU_014                   4.402027              4.083692
## HU_015                   3.975413              4.232119
## HU_017                   4.168655              3.088972
## HU_018                   4.502182              4.142686
## HU_019                   4.281092              3.950241
##        6-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-6-oxohexanoic acid
## HU_011                               3.758640
## HU_014                               4.329163
## HU_015                               3.994170
## HU_017                               4.436174
## HU_018                               4.442814
## HU_019                               4.260599
##        6-(carboxymethoxy)-hexanoic acid 9-Methylxanthine
## HU_011                         3.445392         4.403909
## HU_014                         3.999589         4.211293
## HU_015                         4.039267         4.073960
## HU_017                         4.084428         4.257367
## HU_018                         4.527800         3.662754
## HU_019                         4.114818         4.262501
##        Acetaminophen glucuronide Acetylphenylalanine
## HU_011                1.64620136            4.169514
## HU_014                0.09467123            4.515993
## HU_015               -0.15947672            4.083460
## HU_017                0.32143853            3.767910
## HU_018                1.76127463            4.187942
## HU_019                4.62568088            4.292496
##        alpha-N-Phenylacetyl-glutamine Aminosalicyluric acid
## HU_011                       4.406638              4.125306
## HU_014                       4.362682              3.942512
## HU_015                       4.101540              4.004895
## HU_017                       4.173137              4.277246
## HU_018                       4.332330              4.307816
## HU_019                       4.366653              3.908610
##        Asp-Leu/Ile isomer 1 Asp-Leu/Ile isomer 2 Aspartic acid
## HU_011             3.565669             3.706871      4.262679
## HU_014             3.852859             3.624547      4.278906
## HU_015             3.879881             3.965623      4.225658
## HU_017             3.564683             4.000451      4.476138
## HU_018             4.710114             4.414012      4.460986
## HU_019             4.551170             4.417869      4.545151
##        Azelaic acid Benzoic acid isomer Chenodeoxycholic acid isomer
## HU_011     4.419660            3.867245                     3.507941
## HU_014     4.331720            4.830236                     3.925771
## HU_015     4.105070            3.371990                     4.765679
## HU_017     4.017999            3.724525                     4.058410
## HU_018     4.320763            4.593359                     4.379709
## HU_019     4.641622            4.475130                     4.120224
##        Cinnamoylglycine Citric acid Dehydroepiandrosterone 3-glucuronide
## HU_011         3.981493    4.077505                             4.276799
## HU_014         3.381453    4.418117                             3.781079
## HU_015         3.773393    4.179830                             4.039523
## HU_017         4.213982    4.218916                             3.960037
## HU_018         2.636678    4.294479                             4.178258
## HU_019         4.071694    4.386380                             4.018968
##        Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate Deoxyhexose Dimethylguanosine
## HU_011                       4.462774    3.760569          4.052598
## HU_014                       3.806104    3.809186          4.269907
## HU_015                       3.193502    4.226145          4.197532
## HU_017                       4.165680    3.997357          4.350023
## HU_018                       4.363253    4.084736          4.408429
## HU_019                       3.986997    4.296965          4.310144
##           FMNH2 Fumaric acid Gentisic acid  Glu-Val
## HU_011 3.565083     3.567561      4.300974 3.706666
## HU_014 4.208395     3.840097      4.584677 4.310927
## HU_015 4.034409     4.384064      4.764176 4.289509
## HU_017 4.233037     3.416630      4.062663 4.376818
## HU_018 4.597364     4.091964      4.431808 4.721889
## HU_019 4.199745     4.012107      4.238883 4.392128
##        Gluconic acid and/or isomers Glucuronic acid and/or isomers
## HU_011                     4.288424                       4.271366
## HU_014                     4.586464                       4.701159
## HU_015                     4.096407                       4.123025
## HU_017                     4.743170                       4.593438
## HU_018                     4.614798                       4.461186
## HU_019                     4.334139                       4.461209
##        Glyceric acid Glycocholic acid isomer 2 Glycocholic acid isomer 3
## HU_011      3.928441                  3.536033                  3.467331
## HU_014      4.286770                  4.157624                  4.170019
## HU_015      4.273123                  4.298947                  4.045842
## HU_017      4.606753                  2.519658                  2.687939
## HU_018      4.641004                  4.743202                  4.763984
## HU_019      4.429628                  3.395705                  3.371074
##        Heptylmalonic acid Hexanoylglycine Hippuric acid
## HU_011           4.299342        3.700495      4.281181
## HU_014           4.587917        4.288872      4.274765
## HU_015           4.245115        4.154405      4.030601
## HU_017           4.101909        4.076289      4.437759
## HU_018           4.270874        4.575928      4.105510
## HU_019           4.417992        3.904992      4.297234
##        Hydroxybenzyl alcohol isomer Hydroxyphenyllactic acid
## HU_011                     4.238096                 3.959217
## HU_014                     3.602194                 4.774698
## HU_015                     3.948782                 3.457264
## HU_017                     3.368220                 3.805230
## HU_018                     4.324214                 4.567749
## HU_019                     4.043065                 4.413443
##        Hydroxysuberic acid isomer 1 Hydroxysuberic acid isomer 2
## HU_011                     4.144705                     4.295285
## HU_014                     3.914818                     4.351692
## HU_015                     4.118942                     4.050348
## HU_017                     4.016532                     4.476785
## HU_018                     4.513977                     4.474938
## HU_019                     4.522243                     4.145574
##        Isovalerylalanine isomer Ketoleucine Kynurenic acid Malic acid
## HU_011                 3.878689    3.522784       4.012747   3.534347
## HU_014                 4.167564    3.861882       4.068847   4.069774
## HU_015                 4.427536    3.839057       4.157414   3.696515
## HU_017                 4.377871    4.034678       4.392389   3.940602
## HU_018                 4.700258    4.078886       4.296854   4.231243
## HU_019                 4.067620    4.030812       4.323642   4.333562
##        Methoxysalicylic acid isomer
## HU_011                     4.060952
## HU_014                     4.112547
## HU_015                     4.288847
## HU_017                     4.458437
## HU_018                     4.189123
## HU_019                     4.562835
##        Methyl (hydroxymethyl)pyrrolidine-carboxylate/Methyl (hydroxy)piperidine-carboxylate
## HU_011                                                                             3.899313
## HU_014                                                                             4.233935
## HU_015                                                                             4.520556
## HU_017                                                                             4.355592
## HU_018                                                                             4.407202
## HU_019                                                                             4.232537
##        Methylinosine Mevalonic acid isomer 1 Monoethyl phthalate
## HU_011      3.979667                3.329769            4.186150
## HU_014      4.191845                4.018856            3.347641
## HU_015      4.362143                1.551281            3.824039
## HU_017      4.272384                2.800934            3.091728
## HU_018      4.487805                4.112110            3.655938
## HU_019      4.378914                4.144182            4.240828
##        N-Acetyl-aspartic acid N-Acetylisoleucine N-Acetylleucine
## HU_011               4.117673           4.093393        3.411936
## HU_014               4.428008           4.306259        4.478246
## HU_015               4.205715           4.268660        4.266854
## HU_017               4.385727           4.017203        4.027337
## HU_018               4.253549           4.114619        3.237244
## HU_019               4.363792           4.483260        4.370739
##        N-Acetyltryptophan N-Acetyltryptophan isomer 3
## HU_011           3.792115                    4.559495
## HU_014           4.484242                    4.038887
## HU_015           4.254061                    4.333962
## HU_017           3.645018                    4.621739
## HU_018           4.193701                    3.276002
## HU_019           4.221705                    4.174604
##        N2-Acetylaminoadipic acid N4-Acetylcytidine Nicotinuric acid isomer
## HU_011                  3.631931          4.361610                3.848278
## HU_014                  4.493698          4.518477                4.441710
## HU_015                  3.904043          3.885826                4.240330
## HU_017                  3.997636          4.496160                4.343148
## HU_018                  4.330822          4.685971                4.044958
## HU_019                  4.210520          4.468025                4.452897
##        Ortho-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid Oxoglutaric acid p-Anisic acid
## HU_011                       3.870825         2.997953      3.841620
## HU_014                       4.658541         3.993253      4.678148
## HU_015                       4.001141         3.482831      3.455275
## HU_017                       4.296011         3.947712      2.890224
## HU_018                       4.679458         3.955677      3.247603
## HU_019                       4.295495         4.195985      3.952277
##        p-Hydroxyhippuric acid p-Hydroxymandelic acid
## HU_011               4.198435               4.140949
## HU_014               4.621760               3.818508
## HU_015               3.835598               4.221860
## HU_017               4.166668               4.421014
## HU_018               4.592458               4.703186
## HU_019               4.114812               4.096616
##        p-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid Pantothenic acid  Pentose
## HU_011                   4.057362         4.367247 4.119872
## HU_014                   3.867961         4.483832 4.219938
## HU_015                   4.198771         4.281965 4.354551
## HU_017                   4.138231         4.201390 4.294260
## HU_018                   4.348636         4.367093 4.465690
## HU_019                   4.181577         4.121433 4.250880
##        Phe-Tyr-Asp (and isomers) Porphobilinogen Pyridoxic acid isomer 1
## HU_011                  4.379156        3.873927                4.264819
## HU_014                  4.227932        4.181048                4.103788
## HU_015                  4.004176        4.136767                3.887147
## HU_017                  4.214129        4.162675                3.856186
## HU_018                  4.154741        4.461157                4.602857
## HU_019                  4.340768        4.170573                4.069686
##        Pyridylacetylglycine Pyrocatechol sulfate Pyroglutamic acid
## HU_011             4.042992             4.452942          4.013843
## HU_014             4.210327             4.281094          4.188313
## HU_015             4.099646             4.239741          4.202476
## HU_017             4.309022             4.186333          4.209444
## HU_018             4.386013             4.060466          4.246487
## HU_019             4.398879             4.282089          4.184347
##        Pyrroledicarboxylic acid Pyruvic acid Quinic acid Salicylic acid
## HU_011                 3.854579     3.229445    4.128023       3.925518
## HU_014                 4.059364     3.843606    4.168761       4.035196
## HU_015                 4.426634     3.555714    4.295171       4.588327
## HU_017                 3.763358     3.766176    4.533188       3.847885
## HU_018                 3.828249     3.985018    3.685546       3.695891
## HU_019                 4.317047     3.911799    4.459420       4.100363
##        Sebacic acid Suberic acid Sulfosalicylic acid isomer  Taurine
## HU_011     4.298555     4.283358                   4.724543 4.294956
## HU_014     4.316859     4.521646                   3.968791 5.143374
## HU_015     4.387094     4.159625                   3.946592 4.525365
## HU_017     4.026013     4.125570                   3.560990 4.821052
## HU_018     4.516985     4.452634                   4.320034 4.544508
## HU_019     4.547073     4.535423                   4.480640 3.999298
##        Testosterone glucuronide Tetrahydrohippuric acid
## HU_011                 4.292437                3.409692
## HU_014                 3.467556                4.766827
## HU_015                 4.325043                3.407598
## HU_017                 4.306862                4.522244
## HU_018                 4.589208                4.296404
## HU_019                 4.010066                3.764092
##        Threo-3-Phenylserine Threonic acid/Erythronic acid Tryptophan
## HU_011             4.274910                      4.313963   4.006518
## HU_014             4.153934                      4.473729   4.421590
## HU_015             3.457296                      4.124348   4.438306
## HU_017             3.927525                      4.558518   4.542105
## HU_018             4.246966                      4.446222   4.217120
## HU_019             4.269736                      4.367592   4.558531
##        Valerylglycine isomer 1 Valerylglycine isomer 2 Xanthosine
## HU_011                4.016261                3.889079   4.075880
## HU_014                3.881005                4.181766   4.195762
## HU_015                4.187176                4.254695   4.124493
## HU_017                4.147544                4.290660   4.250258
## HU_018                4.104498                4.138196   4.361709
## HU_019                4.065452                4.300930   4.199196