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Prediagnostic Plasma Metabolomic Profiles Using NMR for Exfoliation Glaucoma Among US Health Professionals
Akiko Hanyuda1,2, Oana A Zeleznik3, Yoshihiko Raita4,5
1Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
Background:
Exfoliation glaucoma (XFG) represents a form of deleterious ocular aging of unclear etiology. We evaluated prediagnostic nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolites in relation to XFG risk, expanding on our prior findings of XFG-related metabotypes using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS).
Methods:
We identified 217 XFG cases and 217 matched controls nested within three prospective health professional cohorts with plasma collected a mean 11.8 years before case identification. Plasma metabolites were analyzed using the targeted NMR Nightingale platform. Conditional logistic models and Metabolite Set Enrichment Analysis were performed. Multiple comparison issues were addressed using the number of effective tests (NEF) and false discovery rate (FDR).
Results:
Among 235 profiled metabolites, higher glucose was significantly associated with a lower risk of XFG (odds ratio (95%CI) = 0.42 (0.26, 0.7); NEF = 0.03). Among metabolite classes, lipoprotein subclasses and branched-chain amino acids were inversely associated, while relative lipoprotein lipid concentrations were adversely associated (FDR < 0.05).
Conclusion:
NMR profiling revealed that glucose, branched-chain amino acids, lipoprotein subclasses, and relative lipoprotein lipid concentrations may play important roles in XFG etiology.
