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Short-term effects of air temperature on plasma metabolite concentrations in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.

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Hampel, R; Breitner, S; Kraus, WE; Hauser, E; Shah, S; Ward-Caviness, CK; Devlin, R; Diaz-Sanchez, D; Neas, L; Cascio, W; Peters, A; Schneider, A
Published in: Environ Res
November 2016

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies have shown associations between air temperature and cardiovascular health outcomes. Metabolic dysregulation might also play a role in the development of cardiovascular disease. OBJECTIVES: To investigate short-term temperature effects on metabolites related to cardiovascular disease. METHODS: Concentrations of 45 acylcarnitines, 15 amino acids, ketone bodies and total free fatty acids were available in 2869 participants from the CATHeterization GENetics cohort recruited at the Duke University Cardiac Catheterization Clinic (Durham, NC) between 2001 and 2007. Ten metabolites were selected based on quality criteria and cluster analysis. Daily averages of meteorological variables were obtained from the North American Regional Reanalysis project. Immediate, lagged, and cumulative temperature effects on metabolite concentrations were analyzed using (piecewise) linear regression models. RESULTS: Linear temperature effects were found for glycine, C16-OH:C14:1-DC, and aspartic acid/asparagine. A 5°C increase in temperature was associated with a 1.8% [95%-confidence interval: 0.3%; 3.3%] increase in glycine (5-day average), a 3.2% [0.1%; 6.3%] increase in C16-OH:C14:1-DC (lag of four days), and a -1.4% [-2.4%; -0.3%] decrease in aspartic acid/asparagine (lag of two days). Non-linear temperature effects were observed for alanine and total ketone bodies with breakpoint of 4°C and 20°C, respectively. Both a 5°C decrease in temperature on colder days (<4°C)and a 5°C increase in temperature on warmer days (≥4°C) were associated with a four day delayed increase in alanine by 6.6% [11.7; 1.8%] and 1.9% [0.3%; 3.4%], respectively. For ketone bodies we found immediate (0-day lag) increases of 4.2% [-0.5%; 9.1%] and 12.3% [0.1%; 26.0%] associated with 5°C decreases on colder (<20°C) days and 5°C increases on warmer days (≥20°C), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: We observed multiple effects of air temperature on metabolites several of which are reported to be involved in cardiovascular disease. Our findings might help to understand the link between air temperature and cardiovascular disease.

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Environ Res

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EISSN

1096-0953

Publication Date

November 2016

Volume

151

Start / End Page

224 / 232

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Weather
  • Toxicology
  • Temperature
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
 

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Hampel, R., Breitner, S., Kraus, W. E., Hauser, E., Shah, S., Ward-Caviness, C. K., … Schneider, A. (2016). Short-term effects of air temperature on plasma metabolite concentrations in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. Environ Res, 151, 224–232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2016.07.010
Hampel, Regina, Susanne Breitner, William E. Kraus, Elizabeth Hauser, Svati Shah, Cavin K. Ward-Caviness, Robert Devlin, et al. “Short-term effects of air temperature on plasma metabolite concentrations in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.Environ Res 151 (November 2016): 224–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2016.07.010.
Hampel R, Breitner S, Kraus WE, Hauser E, Shah S, Ward-Caviness CK, et al. Short-term effects of air temperature on plasma metabolite concentrations in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. Environ Res. 2016 Nov;151:224–32.
Hampel, Regina, et al. “Short-term effects of air temperature on plasma metabolite concentrations in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.Environ Res, vol. 151, Nov. 2016, pp. 224–32. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.envres.2016.07.010.
Hampel R, Breitner S, Kraus WE, Hauser E, Shah S, Ward-Caviness CK, Devlin R, Diaz-Sanchez D, Neas L, Cascio W, Peters A, Schneider A. Short-term effects of air temperature on plasma metabolite concentrations in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. Environ Res. 2016 Nov;151:224–232.
Journal cover image

Published In

Environ Res

DOI

EISSN

1096-0953

Publication Date

November 2016

Volume

151

Start / End Page

224 / 232

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Weather
  • Toxicology
  • Temperature
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cardiovascular Diseases