Gut microbiome and atrial fibrillation-results from a large population-based study.
Atrial fibrillation
Epidemiology
Gut microbiome
Metagenomics
Journal
EBioMedicine
ISSN: 2352-3964
Titre abrégé: EBioMedicine
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101647039
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2023
May 2023
Historique:
received:
03
10
2022
revised:
26
03
2023
accepted:
06
04
2023
medline:
15
5
2023
pubmed:
30
4
2023
entrez:
29
4
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important heart rhythm disorder in aging populations. The gut microbiome composition has been previously related to cardiovascular disease risk factors. Whether the gut microbial profile is also associated with the risk of AF remains unknown. We examined the associations of prevalent and incident AF with gut microbiota in the FINRISK 2002 study, a random population sample of 6763 individuals. We replicated our findings in an independent case-control cohort of 138 individuals in Hamburg, Germany. Multivariable-adjusted regression models revealed that prevalent AF (N = 116) was associated with nine microbial genera. Incident AF (N = 539) over a median follow-up of 15 years was associated with eight microbial genera with false discovery rate (FDR)-corrected P < 0.05. Both prevalent and incident AF were associated with the genera Enorma and Bifidobacterium (FDR-corrected P < 0.001). AF was not significantly associated with bacterial diversity measures. Seventy-five percent of top genera (Enorma, Paraprevotella, Odoribacter, Collinsella, Barnesiella, Alistipes) in Cox regression analyses showed a consistent direction of shifted abundance in an independent AF case-control cohort that was used for replication. Our findings establish the basis for the use of microbiome profiles in AF risk prediction. However, extensive research is still warranted before microbiome sequencing can be used for prevention and targeted treatment of AF. This study was funded by European Research Council, German Ministry of Research and Education, Academy of Finland, Finnish Medical Foundation, and the Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, the Emil Aaltonen Foundation, and the Paavo Nurmi Foundation.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important heart rhythm disorder in aging populations. The gut microbiome composition has been previously related to cardiovascular disease risk factors. Whether the gut microbial profile is also associated with the risk of AF remains unknown.
METHODS
METHODS
We examined the associations of prevalent and incident AF with gut microbiota in the FINRISK 2002 study, a random population sample of 6763 individuals. We replicated our findings in an independent case-control cohort of 138 individuals in Hamburg, Germany.
FINDINGS
RESULTS
Multivariable-adjusted regression models revealed that prevalent AF (N = 116) was associated with nine microbial genera. Incident AF (N = 539) over a median follow-up of 15 years was associated with eight microbial genera with false discovery rate (FDR)-corrected P < 0.05. Both prevalent and incident AF were associated with the genera Enorma and Bifidobacterium (FDR-corrected P < 0.001). AF was not significantly associated with bacterial diversity measures. Seventy-five percent of top genera (Enorma, Paraprevotella, Odoribacter, Collinsella, Barnesiella, Alistipes) in Cox regression analyses showed a consistent direction of shifted abundance in an independent AF case-control cohort that was used for replication.
INTERPRETATION
CONCLUSIONS
Our findings establish the basis for the use of microbiome profiles in AF risk prediction. However, extensive research is still warranted before microbiome sequencing can be used for prevention and targeted treatment of AF.
FUNDING
BACKGROUND
This study was funded by European Research Council, German Ministry of Research and Education, Academy of Finland, Finnish Medical Foundation, and the Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, the Emil Aaltonen Foundation, and the Paavo Nurmi Foundation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37119735
pii: S2352-3964(23)00148-2
doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104583
pmc: PMC10165189
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
104583Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of interests RK has received consulting fees from GenCirq Inc, DayTwo Ltd and JGilbert Consulting LLC, payment for lectures from BP Technology Ventures Inc and Hamilton College, support for attending meetings and/or travel from the Chilean Senate, the University of Melbourne, the Shenzhen Society of Science and Technology, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and participated on a data safety monitoring board for Diversigen, GenCirq Inc, DayTwo Ltd, Cybele Microbiome Inc, BiomeSense Inc, Micronoma Inc. He owns stocks or stock options from Biota Technology Inc, Diversigen, GenCirq Inc Cybele Microbiome Inc and Micronoma Inc. RBS has received lecture fees and advisory board fees from BMS/Pfizer outside this work. TN received payment for lectures or presentations from Servier. JGS occasionally perform bioinformatics consulting for research group in the field of microbiome science via the Center for Microbiome Innovation and Clarity Genomics. VS has ongoing research collaboration with Bayer Ltd., unrelated to the present study.