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- Title
Circulating trimethylamine N‐oxide levels do not predict 10‐year survival in patients with or without coronary heart disease.
- Authors
Bjørnestad, Espen Ø.; Dhar, Indu; Svingen, Gard F. T.; Pedersen, Eva R.; Ørn, Stein; Svenningsson, Mads M.; Tell, Grethe S.; Ueland, Per M.; Sulo, Gerhard; Laaksonen, Reijo; Nygård, Ottar
- Abstract
Background: Trimethylamine N‐oxide (TMAO) is an amine oxide generated by gut microbial metabolism. TMAO may contribute to atherothrombosis and systemic inflammation. However, the prognostic value of circulating TMAO for risk stratification is uncertain. Methods: We assessed prospective relationships of plasma TMAO with long‐term risk of all‐cause, cardiovascular (CV), and non‐CV mortality in the Western Norway Coronary Angiography Cohort (WECAC; 4132 patients with suspected coronary artery disease) and the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK; 6393 community‐based subjects). Risk associations were examined using Cox regression analyses. Results: Mean follow‐up was 9.8 and 10.5 years in WECAC and HUSK, respectively. Following adjustments for established CV risk factors and indices of renal function in WECAC, the hazard ratios (HRs) (95% confidence intervals [CIs]) per one standard deviation increase in log‐transformed plasma TMAO were 1.04 (0.97–1.12), 1.06 (0.95–1.18), and 1.03 (0.93–1.13) for all‐cause, CV, and non‐CV mortality, respectively. Essentially similar results were obtained in patients with angiographically significant coronary artery disease and patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. Corresponding HRs (95% CIs) in the HUSK cohort were 1.03 (0.96–1.10), 1.01 (0.89–1.13), and 1.03 (0.95–1.12) for all‐cause‐, CV, and non‐CV mortality, respectively. Conclusions: Circulating TMAO did not predict long‐term all‐cause, CV, or non‐CV mortality in patients with coronary heart disease or in community‐based adults. This large study does not support a role of TMAO for patient risk stratification in primary or secondary prevention.
- Subjects
CORONARY disease; HEART disease related mortality; OVERALL survival; TRIMETHYLAMINE; CORONARY artery disease
- Publication
Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022, Vol 292, Issue 6, p915
- ISSN
0954-6820
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/joim.13550