A metabolic profile of all-cause mortality risk identified in an observational study of 44,168 individuals

Deelen, J. et al. (2019) A metabolic profile of all-cause mortality risk identified in an observational study of 44,168 individuals. Nature Communications, 10, 3346. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11311-9) (PMID:31431621) (PMCID:PMC6702196)

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Abstract

Predicting longer-term mortality risk requires collection of clinical data, which is often cumbersome. Therefore, we use a well-standardized metabolomics platform to identify metabolic predictors of long-term mortality in the circulation of 44,168 individuals (age at baseline 18–109), of whom 5512 died during follow-up. We apply a stepwise (forward-backward) procedure based on meta-analysis results and identify 14 circulating biomarkers independently associating with all-cause mortality. Overall, these associations are similar in men and women and across different age strata. We subsequently show that the prediction accuracy of 5- and 10-year mortality based on a model containing the identified biomarkers and sex (C-statistic = 0.837 and 0.830, respectively) is better than that of a model containing conventional risk factors for mortality (C-statistic = 0.772 and 0.790, respectively). The use of the identified metabolic profile as a predictor of mortality or surrogate endpoint in clinical studies needs further investigation.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:This work was performed within the framework of the BBMRI Metabolomics Consortium funded by BBMRI-NL, a research infrastructure financed by the Dutch government (NWO 184.021.007 and 184.033.111).
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Sattar, Professor Naveed
Authors: Deelen, J., Kettunen, J., Fischer, K., van der Spek, A., Trompet, S., Kastenmüller, G., Boyd, A., Zierer, J., van den Akker, E. B., Ala-Korpela, M., Amin, N., Demirkan, A., Ghanbari, M., van Heemst, D., Ikram, M. A., van Klinken, J. B., Mooijaart, S. P., Peters, A., Salomaa, V., Sattar, N., Spector, T. D., Tiemeier, H., Verhoeven, A., Waldenberger, M., Würtz, P., Davey Smith, G., Metspalu, A., Perola, M., Menni, C., Geleijnse, J. M., Drenos, F., Beekman, M., Jukema, J. W., van Duijn, C. M., and Slagboom, P. E.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health
Journal Name:Nature Communications
Publisher:Nature Research
ISSN:2041-1723
ISSN (Online):2041-1723
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2019 The Authors
First Published:First published in Nature Communications 10: 3346
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons license

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