Large-scale metabolomic profiling identifies novel biomarkers for incident coronary heart disease.
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ABSTRACT: Analyses of circulating metabolites in large prospective epidemiological studies could lead to improved prediction and better biological understanding of coronary heart disease (CHD). We performed a mass spectrometry-based non-targeted metabolomics study for association with incident CHD events in 1,028 individuals (131 events; 10 y. median follow-up) with validation in 1,670 individuals (282 events; 3.9 y. median follow-up). Four metabolites were replicated and independent of main cardiovascular risk factors [lysophosphatidylcholine 18?1 (hazard ratio [HR] per standard deviation [SD] increment?=?0.77, P-value<0.001), lysophosphatidylcholine 18?2 (HR?=?0.81, P-value<0.001), monoglyceride 18?2 (MG 18?2; HR?=?1.18, P-value?=?0.011) and sphingomyelin 28?1 (HR?=?0.85, P-value?=?0.015)]. Together they contributed to moderate improvements in discrimination and re-classification in addition to traditional risk factors (C-statistic: 0.76 vs. 0.75; NRI: 9.2%). MG 18?2 was associated with CHD independently of triglycerides. Lysophosphatidylcholines were negatively associated with body mass index, C-reactive protein and with less evidence of subclinical cardiovascular disease in additional 970 participants; a reverse pattern was observed for MG 18?2. MG 18?2 showed an enrichment (P-value?=?0.002) of significant associations with CHD-associated SNPs (P-value?=?1.2×10-7 for association with rs964184 in the ZNF259/APOA5 region) and a weak, but positive causal effect (odds ratio?=?1.05 per SD increment in MG 18?2, P-value?=?0.05) on CHD, as suggested by Mendelian randomization analysis. In conclusion, we identified four lipid-related metabolites with evidence for clinical utility, as well as a causal role in CHD development.
SUBMITTER: Ganna A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4263376 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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