title: Data in support of enhancing metabolomics research through data mining.
abstract: Metabolomics research has evolved considerably, particularly during the last decade. Over the course of this evolution, the interest in this 'omic' discipline is now more evident than ever. However, the future of metabolomics will depend on its capability to find biomarkers. For that reason, data mining constitutes a challenging task in metabolomics workflow. This work has been designed in support of the research article entitled "Enhancing metabolomics research through data mining", which proposed a methodological data handling guideline. An aging research in healthy population was used as a guiding thread to illustrate this process. Here we provide a further interpretation of the obtained statistical results. We also focused on the importance of graphical visualization tools as a clue to understand the most common univariate and multivariate data analyses applied in metabolomics.
authors.affiliation: OWL, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
authors.forename: Ibon
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Martínez-Arranz
authors.affiliation: OWL, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
authors.forename: Rebeca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mayo
authors.affiliation: OWL, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez-Cormenzana
authors.affiliation: OWL, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
authors.forename: Itziar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mincholé
authors.affiliation: Osarten kooperatiba elkartea, Mondragón, Guipúzcoa, Spain.
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.affiliation: OWL, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.affiliation: CIC bioGUNE, CIBERehd, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mato