Oral Session
Nutrient-Gene Interactions
Fred Tabung, PhD, MSPH
THe Ohio State University College of Medicine
Raji Balasubramanian, PhD
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Steven Clinton, MD, PhD
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Liming Liang, PhD
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Clary Clish, PhD
Broad Institute
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Edward Giovannucci, MD, ScD
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Kathryn Rexrode, MD
Harvard Medical School Division of Women's Health, Department of Medicine
Objectives : The empirical dietary index for hyperinsulinemia (EDIH) is a food-based score derived from correlations with plasma c-peptide. Our aim is to use the EDIH to discover metabolites associated with insulinemic dietary patterns.
Methods : This baseline cross-sectional study evaluated associations between continuous EDIH scores from food frequency questionnaires and 448 log-transformed plasma metabolites as outcomes in multivariable linear regression analyses. Metabolites were measured with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectroscopy. Metabolite discovery was conducted among 1,109 Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Hormone Therapy trial participants and results replicated in an independent dataset of 810 WHI Observational Study participants. In both discovery and replication datasets statistical significance was based on false-discovery rate adjusted P< 0.05. Secondary analyses were conducted in body mass index (BMI: < 25, >=25 kg/m2) categories.
Results : After adjustment for energy intake, BMI, physical activity, and other confounding variables, 26 metabolites were significantly associated with EDIH in the discovery dataset, and included: trigonelline, C14:0 CE, C16:1 CE, C18:1 CE, C18:3 CE, C20:3 CE. C20:5 CE, C36:1 PS plasmalogen and eicosapentaenoate were associated with lower dietary insulinemic potential, whereas C36:3 DAG, C51:3 TAG, C52:3 TAG, C52:4 TAG, C54:2 TAG, C54:3 TAG, C54:4 TAG, C54:6 TAG, C36:4 DAG-A, cystathionine, isoleucine, N4-acetylcytidine, C10:2 carnitine, cAMP, C18:2 SM, C4-OH carnitine, and myristoleic acid were associated with higher dietary insulinemic potential. 25 out of the 26 metabolites replicated in the validation dataset except myristoleic acid. In secondary analyses within BMI strata, Associations differed by BMI category: 12 metabolites were significant among normal weight women whereas 64 metabolites were associated with EDIH among overweight/obese women.
Conclusions : Cholesterol esters, triglycerides, carnitines and amino acids may constitute metabolites that are associated with insulinemic dietary patterns.
Funding Sources : R00CA207736, NHLBI HHSN268201300008C.