Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

A metabolic profile of all-cause mortality risk identified in an observational study of 44,168 individuals

  • Joris Deelen,
  • Johannes Kettunen,
  • Krista Fischer,
  • Ashley van der Spek,
  • Stella Trompet,
  • Gabi Kastenmüller,
  • Andy Boyd,
  • Jonas Zierer,
  • Erik B. van den Akker,
  • Mika Ala-Korpela,
  • Najaf Amin,
  • Ayse Demirkan,
  • Mohsen Ghanbari,
  • Diana van Heemst,
  • M. Arfan Ikram,
  • Jan Bert van Klinken,
  • Simon P. Mooijaart,
  • Annette Peters,
  • Veikko Salomaa,
  • Naveed Sattar,
  • Tim D. Spector,
  • Henning Tiemeier,
  • Aswin Verhoeven,
  • Melanie Waldenberger,
  • Peter Würtz,
  • George Davey Smith,
  • Andres Metspalu,
  • Markus Perola,
  • Cristina Menni,
  • Johanna M. Geleijnse,
  • Fotios Drenos,
  • Marian Beekman,
  • J. Wouter Jukema,
  • Cornelia M. van Duijn,
  • P. Eline Slagboom

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11311-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Biomarkers that predict mortality are of interest for clinical as well as research applications. Here, the authors analyze metabolomics data from 44,168 individuals and identify key metabolites independently associated with all-cause mortality risk.