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Trimethylamine -Oxide and Related Gut Microbe-Derived Metabolites and Incident Heart Failure Development in Community-Based Populations.

TitleTrimethylamine -Oxide and Related Gut Microbe-Derived Metabolites and Incident Heart Failure Development in Community-Based Populations.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2024
AuthorsTang, WHWilson, Lemaitre, RN, Jensen, PN, Wang, M, Wang, Z, Li, XS, Nemet, I, Lee, Y, Lai, HTM, Otto, MC de Olive, Fretts, AM, Sotoodehnia, N, DiDonato, JA, Bäckhed, F, Psaty, BM, Siscovick, DS, Budoff, MJ, Mozaffarian, D, Hazen, SL
JournalCirc Heart Fail
Volume17
Issue8
Paginatione011569
Date Published2024 Aug
ISSN1941-3297
KeywordsAged, Aged, 80 and over, Betaine, Biomarkers, Carnitine, Choline, Female, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Heart Failure, Humans, Incidence, Male, Methylamines, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, United States
Abstract<p><b>BACKGROUND: </b>Growing evidence indicates that trimethylamine -oxide, a gut microbial metabolite of dietary choline and carnitine, promotes both cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease risk. It remains unclear how circulating concentrations of trimethylamine -oxide and its related dietary and gut microbe-derived metabolites (choline, betaine, carnitine, γ-butyrobetaine, and crotonobetaine) affect incident heart failure (HF).</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>We evaluated 11 768 participants from the Cardiovascular Health Study and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis with serial measures of metabolites. Cox proportional hazard models were used to examine the associations between metabolites and incident HF, adjusted for cardiovascular disease risk factors.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>In all, 2102 cases of HF occurred over a median follow-up of 15.9 years. After adjusting for traditional risk factors, higher concentrations of trimethylamine -oxide (hazard ratio, 1.15 [95% CI, 1.09-1.20]; <0.001), choline (hazard ratio, 1.44 [95% CI, 1.26-1.64]; <0.001), and crotonobetaine (hazard ratio, 1.24 [95% CI, 1.16-1.32]; <0.001) were associated with increased risk for incident HF. After further adjustment for renal function (potential confounder or mediator), these associations did not reach Bonferroni-corrected statistical significance (=0.01, 0.049, and 0.006, respectively). Betaine and carnitine were nominally associated with a higher incidence of HF (<0.05). In exploratory analyses, results were similar for subtypes of HF based on left ventricular ejection fraction, and associations appeared generally stronger among Black and Hispanic/Latino versus White adults, although there were no interactions for any metabolites with race.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>In this pooled analysis of 2 well-phenotyped, diverse, community-based cohorts, circulating concentrations of gut microbe-derived metabolites such as trimethylamine -oxide, choline, and crotonobetaine were independently associated with a higher risk of developing HF.</p><p><b>REGISTRATION: </b>URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/; Unique identifiers: NCT00005133 and NCT00005487.</p>
DOI10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.011569
Alternate JournalCirc Heart Fail
PubMed ID39119698
PubMed Central IDPMC11335438
Grant ListU01 HL080295 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268200800007C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL103866 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01HC55222 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01HC85086 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL135920 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL167831 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01HC85083 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01HC85080 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01HC85081 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
U01 HL130114 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
P01 HL147823 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201200036C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201800001C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
75N92021D00006 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01HC85082 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01HC85079 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 AG023629 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
ePub date: 
24/08