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Subtle laboratory irregularities were detected only through advanced unsupervised analysis, after passing conventional quality control and standard analytical methods. Blood samples were processed using standardized protocols and analyzed using high-resolution and tandem mass spectrometry platforms. Both targeted and untargeted lipid assays captured lipids of several classes (including carnitines, ceramides, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, glycerolipids, fatty acids, sterols and esters, endocannabinoids). The dataset is organized into four comma-separated value (CSV) files: (1) Box\u2013Cox-transformed and imputed lipidomics values; (2) outlier-cleaned and imputed values on the original scale; (3) metadata including clinical classifications, biological sex, and batch information for all assay types and control sample processing dates; and (4) a variable-level description file (readme.csv). 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