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Journal Article | DKFZ-2025-00128 |
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2025
BioMed Central
London
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1186/s12933-025-02581-3
Abstract: Existing cardiovascular risk prediction models still have room for improvement in patients with type 2 diabetes who represent a high-risk population. This study evaluated whether adding metabolomic biomarkers could enhance the 10-year prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in these patients.Data from 10,257 to 1,039 patients with type 2 diabetes from the UK Biobank (UKB) and the German ESTHER cohort, respectively, were used for model derivation, internal and external validation. A total of 249 metabolites were measured with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Sex-specific LASSO regression with bootstrapping identified significant metabolites. The enhanced model's predictive performance was evaluated using Harrell's C-index.Seven metabolomic biomarkers were selected by LASSO regression for enhanced MACE risk prediction (three for both sexes, three male- and one female-specific metabolite(s)). Especially albumin and the omega-3-fatty-acids-to-total-fatty-acids-percentage among males and lactate among females improved the C-index. In internal validation with 30% of the UKB, adding the selected metabolites to the SCORE2-Diabetes model increased the C-index statistically significantly (P = 0.037) from 0.660 to 0.678 in the total sample. In external validation with ESTHER, the C-index increase was higher (+ 0.043) and remained statistically significant (P = 0.011).Incorporating seven metabolomic biomarkers in the SCORE2-Diabetes model enhanced its ability to predict MACE in patients with type 2 diabetes. Given the latest cost reduction and standardization efforts, NMR metabolomics has the potential for translation into the clinical routine.
Keyword(s): Humans (MeSH) ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2: diagnosis (MeSH) ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2: epidemiology (MeSH) ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2: blood (MeSH) ; Male (MeSH) ; Female (MeSH) ; Metabolomics (MeSH) ; Middle Aged (MeSH) ; Cardiovascular Diseases: epidemiology (MeSH) ; Cardiovascular Diseases: diagnosis (MeSH) ; Risk Assessment (MeSH) ; Aged (MeSH) ; Predictive Value of Tests (MeSH) ; Biomarkers: blood (MeSH) ; Time Factors (MeSH) ; Heart Disease Risk Factors (MeSH) ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MeSH) ; Prognosis (MeSH) ; Reproducibility of Results (MeSH) ; Germany: epidemiology (MeSH) ; Decision Support Techniques (MeSH) ; Adult (MeSH) ; Sex Factors (MeSH) ; Cardiovascular risk ; Metabolomics ; Prediction model ; Type 2 diabetes ; Biomarkers
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