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ArticleChinese medical journal2026

Clonal hematopoiesis is associated with future diseases and mortality.

Weishi Liu, Yueting Deng, Liu Yang, Ziyi Wang, Lingzhi Ma, Yuming Xu, Qiang Dong, Jianfeng Feng, Wei Cheng, Jintai Yu

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Weishi LiuDepartment of Neurology and National Center for Neurological Diseases, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Yueting DengDepartment of Neurology and National Center for Neurological Diseases, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Liu YangDepartment of Neurology and National Center for Neurological Diseases, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Ziyi WangDepartment of Neurology and National Center for Neurological Diseases, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Lingzhi MaDepartment of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, China.
Yuming XuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450040, China.
Qiang DongDepartment of Neurology and National Center for Neurological Diseases, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Jianfeng FengInstitute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Wei ChengDepartment of Neurology and National Center for Neurological Diseases, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Jintai YuDepartment of Neurology and National Center for Neurological Diseases, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.

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Abstract

backgroundClonal hematopoiesis is a proposed marker of aging. Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is a candidate risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases, hematological malignancies, and all-cause mortality, while its associations with the diseases of other systems and cause-specific mortality remain inconclusive.

methodsWe estimated the longitudinal risk for CHIP with 70 common diseases, all-cause, and cause-specific mortality among 431,546 participants in the UK Biobank. Two-sample Mendelian randomization analyses were performed to test the causal associations of CHIP with incident diseases. Cox proportional hazard regression model was used to generate the hazard ratio [HR] and 95% confidence interval [CI] for each CHIP phenotype with the common health-related outcomes. Also evaluated the joint associations between CHIP and telomere length for diseases and mortalities.

resultsThis study included 431,546 participants (mean age, 56.49 years; 45.7% male), of whom 20,274 had CHIP. CHIP at baseline was associated with increased risk of cancers (HR = 1.14, 95% CI 1.10-1.17), infections (HR = 1.12, 95% CI 1.07-1.16), ischemic heart diseases (HR = 1.07, 95% CI 1.02-1.12), diseases of the blood (HR = 1.31, 95% CI 1.26-1.37), nervous (HR = 1.05, 95% CI 1.01-1.10), respiratory (HR = 1.10, 95% CI 1.06-1.13), and genitourinary systems (HR = 1.10, 95% CI 1.07-1.14), and related mortality (false discovery rate <0.05). CHIP carriers were also at elevated risk of incident mental (HR = 1.07, 95% CI 1.03-1.12) and dermatological (HR = 1.07, 95% CI 1.03-1.11) disorders and mortality due to circulatory system (HR = 1.19, 95% CI 1.11-1.28). Most of the associations between CHIP and diseases or mortalities were robust after adjustment for inflammatory parameters. Large clone size CHIP had higher longitudinal risks compared with small clone size or overall CHIP. CHIP due to TET2 mutation was associated with more outcomes than other common CHIP driver genes. Significant interactions were observed between CHIP and short telomere length, the additive and multiplicative effects on the risk of diseases and mortalities were more obvious among large clone size CHIP.

conclusionThis study showed that CHIP was associated with diseases and mortalities of multiple systems, suggesting CHIP was a candidate risk factor for human health.

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Clonal HematopoiesisAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMendelian Randomization AnalysisMiddle AgedNeoplasmsProportional Hazards ModelsRisk FactorsAgingCancerClonal hematopoiesisGeneticsHealth-related outcomesIschemic heart diseaseTelomere length TET2

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