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ArticleThe American journal of cardiology2016

Metabolomic Profiling in Relation to New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation (from the Framingham Heart Study).

Darae Ko, Eric M Riles, Ernaldo G Marcos, Jared W Magnani, Steven A Lubitz, Honghuang Lin, Michelle T Long, Renate B Schnabel, David D McManus, Patrick T Ellinor and 6 more

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Article in The American journal of cardiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Darae KoSection of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Eric M RilesSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ernaldo G MarcosDepartment of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.
Jared W MagnaniSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Steven A LubitzCardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Honghuang LinBoston University and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts.
Michelle T LongSection of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Renate B SchnabelDepartment of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
David D McManusDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Patrick T EllinorCardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
S Vasan RamachandranWhitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Boston University and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts; Section of Preventive Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Thomas J WangDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Robert E GersztenCardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Emelia J BenjaminWhitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Boston University and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts; Section of Preventive Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Xiaoyan YinDepartment of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Michiel RienstraDepartment of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: m.rienstra@umcg.nl.
Boston University · USHarvard University · USUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NLNational Heart Lung and Blood Institute · USUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON GENETIC VARIANTS FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND PR INTERVALR01HL092577 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BENJAMIN, EMELIA J., ELLINOR, PATRICK THOMAS · 2009 to 2025
$20.6M
Multidisciplinary Training in Cardiovascular ResearchT32HL007224 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI HAMBURG, NAOMI MIRIAM, WAINFORD, RICHARD DAVID · 1985 to 2020
$12.3M
Metabolomic predictors of insulin resistance and diabetesR01DK081572 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI CLISH, CLARY B, GERSZTEN, ROBERT E · 2008 to 2025
$9.3M
Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program UL1UL1TR000157 · NCATS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI CENTER, DAVID M. · 2012 to 2013
$7.9M
Proteomic Pathway Discovery in Cardiovascular DiseaseR01HL132320 · NHLBI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI GERSZTEN, ROBERT E, RAMACHANDRAN, VASAN S · 2016 to 2019
$3.4M
AFGen Consortium: Atrial Fibrillation Genomics to Functional AnalysesR01HL128914 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BENJAMIN, EMELIA J., ELLINOR, PATRICK THOMAS · 2015 to 2018
$3.1M
Patterns of Health Care Use, Treatment & Outcomes in Atrial Fibrillation: PATH-AFR01HL102214 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BENJAMIN, EMELIA J., CURTIS, LESLEY H · 2010 to 2012
$1.4M
Trace Elements and CVD Risks Factors Among Young AdultsR01HL081572 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KAHE, KA · 2006 to 2008
$1.2M
Mentoring in Arrhythmia ResearchK24HL105780 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ELLINOR, PATRICK THOMAS · 2011 to 2020
$1.2M
Risk prediction of atrial fibrillation: clinical, biological and genetic markersRC1HL101056 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI ALONSO, ALVARO, BENJAMIN, EMELIA J. · 2009 to 2010
$967k
Atrial Fibrillation: Bridging genetic discovery and clinical associationsK23HL114724 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LUBITZ, STEVEN A · 2013 to 2017
$893k
THE FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY-N01HC25195-268025195-268025195N01HC025195 · HC · TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY · PI WOLF, PHILIP A · 2002 to 2006
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies have shown several metabolic biomarkers to be associated with prevalent and incident atrial fibrillation (AF), but the results have not been replicated. We investigated metabolite profiles of 2,458 European ancestry participants from the Framingham Heart Study without AF at the index examination and followed them for 10 years for new-onset AF. Amino acids, organic acids, lipids, and other plasma metabolites were profiled by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry using fasting plasma samples. We conducted Cox proportional hazard analyses for association between metabolites and new-onset AF. We performed hypothesis-generating analysis to identify novel metabolites and hypothesis-testing analysis to confirm the previously reported associations between metabolites and AF. Mean age was 55.1 ± 9.9 years, and 53% were women. Incident AF developed in 156 participants (6.3%) in 10 years of follow-up. A total of 217 metabolites were examined, consisting of 54 positively charged metabolites, 59 negatively charged metabolites, and 104 lipids. None of the 217 metabolites met our a priori specified Bonferroni corrected level of significance in the multivariate analyses. We were unable to replicate previous results demonstrating associations between metabolites that we had measured and AF. In conclusion, in our metabolomics approach, none of the metabolites we tested were significantly associated with the risk of future AF.

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Atrial FibrillationBiomarkersChromatography, LiquidEuropeFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIncidenceMaleMass SpectrometryMetabolomicsMiddle AgedRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsBiomarkers

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PMID27666170
PMCPMC5097881
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