Plasma trimethylamine n-oxide is associated with renal function in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection f
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Plasma trimethylamine n-oxide is associated with renal function in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction Fei Guo1,2,3,4,5, Xueting Qiu6, Zhirong Tan1,2,3,4, Zhenyu Li6* and Dongsheng Ouyang1,2,3,4,5*
Abstract Background: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is an emerging global health problem with less awareness. Renal dysfunction in HFpEF is associated with worse outcome. However, there is lack of rapid, noninvasive and accurate method for risk stratification in HFpEF and renal dysfunction. This study aimed to explore the utility of plasma trimethylamine n-oxide (TMAO) for evaluation of HFpEF and renal function. Methods: Plasma TMAO levels were measured in total 324 subjects comprising 228 HFpEF patients and 96 healthy controls. Results: TMAO levels were significantly elevated in patients with HFpEF compared with controls (12.65(9.32–18.66) μg/l vs 10.85(6.35–15.58) μg/l, p < 0.01). Subjects in higher TMAO tertile group had more incidences of HFpEF ((78.5%) in tertile 3 vs (73.39%) in tertile 2 vs (59.26%) in tertile 1, p < 0.01). TMAO concentrations were inversely correlated with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and HFpEF patients with impaired renal function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2) had higher TMAO than those with normal eGFR (≥ 60 ml/min/1.73 m2) (14.18(10.4–23.06) μg/l vs 10.9(7.48–15.47) μg/l, p < 0.01). Increased TMAO levels were independently associated with higher risk of HFpEF (OR = 3.49, 95% CI: 1.23–9.86, p = 0.02) and renal dysfunction (OR = 9.57, 95% CI: 2.11–43.34, p < 0.01) after adjustment for multiple traditional risk factors. Furthermore, TMAO had good performance at distinguishing HFpEF from controls (AUC = 0.63, p < 0.01), and renal dysfunction from normal renal function in HFpEF (AUC = 0.67, p < 0.01). Conclusion: In this cross-sectional study, HFpEF and renal function were closely related with plasma TMAO levels and TMAO may serve as a diagnostic biomarker for HFpEF and renal function. Keywords: HFpEF, TMAO, Renal dysfunction, eGFR, Biomarker
* Correspondence: [email protected]; [email protected] 6 Department of Geriatric Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, PR China 1 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, PR China Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Crea
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