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Beyond fitness tracking: The use of consumer-grade wearable data from normal volunteers in cardiovascular and lipidomics research.

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Lim, WK; Davila, S; Teo, JX; Yang, C; Pua, CJ; Blöcker, C; Lim, JQ; Ching, J; Yap, JJL; Tan, SY; Sahlén, A; Chin, CW-L; Teh, BT; Rozen, SG ...
Published in: PLoS Biol
February 2018

The use of consumer-grade wearables for purposes beyond fitness tracking has not been comprehensively explored. We generated and analyzed multidimensional data from 233 normal volunteers, integrating wearable data, lifestyle questionnaires, cardiac imaging, sphingolipid profiling, and multiple clinical-grade cardiovascular and metabolic disease markers. We show that subjects can be stratified into distinct clusters based on daily activity patterns and that these clusters are marked by distinct demographic and behavioral patterns. While resting heart rates (RHRs) performed better than step counts in being associated with cardiovascular and metabolic disease markers, step counts identified relationships between physical activity and cardiac remodeling, suggesting that wearable data may play a role in reducing overdiagnosis of cardiac hypertrophy or dilatation in active individuals. Wearable-derived activity levels can be used to identify known and novel activity-modulated sphingolipids that are in turn associated with insulin sensitivity. Our findings demonstrate the potential for wearables in biomedical research and personalized health.

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PLoS Biol

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EISSN

1545-7885

Publication Date

February 2018

Volume

16

Issue

2

Start / End Page

e2004285

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ventricular Remodeling
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Sphingolipids
  • Middle Aged
  • Medical Overuse
  • Male
  • Life Style
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Humans
  • Heart Rate
 

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Lim, W. K., Davila, S., Teo, J. X., Yang, C., Pua, C. J., Blöcker, C., … Tan, P. (2018). Beyond fitness tracking: The use of consumer-grade wearable data from normal volunteers in cardiovascular and lipidomics research. PLoS Biol, 16(2), e2004285. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2004285
Lim, Weng Khong, Sonia Davila, Jing Xian Teo, Chengxi Yang, Chee Jian Pua, Christopher Blöcker, Jing Quan Lim, et al. “Beyond fitness tracking: The use of consumer-grade wearable data from normal volunteers in cardiovascular and lipidomics research.PLoS Biol 16, no. 2 (February 2018): e2004285. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2004285.
Lim WK, Davila S, Teo JX, Yang C, Pua CJ, Blöcker C, et al. Beyond fitness tracking: The use of consumer-grade wearable data from normal volunteers in cardiovascular and lipidomics research. PLoS Biol. 2018 Feb;16(2):e2004285.
Lim, Weng Khong, et al. “Beyond fitness tracking: The use of consumer-grade wearable data from normal volunteers in cardiovascular and lipidomics research.PLoS Biol, vol. 16, no. 2, Feb. 2018, p. e2004285. Pubmed, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2004285.
Lim WK, Davila S, Teo JX, Yang C, Pua CJ, Blöcker C, Lim JQ, Ching J, Yap JJL, Tan SY, Sahlén A, Chin CW-L, Teh BT, Rozen SG, Cook SA, Yeo KK, Tan P. Beyond fitness tracking: The use of consumer-grade wearable data from normal volunteers in cardiovascular and lipidomics research. PLoS Biol. 2018 Feb;16(2):e2004285.
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Published In

PLoS Biol

DOI

EISSN

1545-7885

Publication Date

February 2018

Volume

16

Issue

2

Start / End Page

e2004285

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ventricular Remodeling
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Sphingolipids
  • Middle Aged
  • Medical Overuse
  • Male
  • Life Style
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Humans
  • Heart Rate