Proteins as Mediators of the Association Between Diet Quality and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All‐Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Study

Background Biological mechanisms underlying the association of a healthy diet with chronic diseases remain unclear. Targeted proteomics may facilitate the understanding of mechanisms linking diet to chronic diseases. Methods and Results We examined 6360 participants (mean age 50 years; 54% women) in...

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Autores principales: Youjin Kim, Sophia Lu, Jennifer E. Ho, Shih‐Jen Hwang, Chen Yao, Tianxiao Huan, Daniel Levy, Jiantao Ma
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f48271ec610548e494d20c8d60b516902021-11-23T11:36:35ZProteins as Mediators of the Association Between Diet Quality and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All‐Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Study10.1161/JAHA.121.0212452047-9980https://doaj.org/article/f48271ec610548e494d20c8d60b516902021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.021245https://doaj.org/toc/2047-9980Background Biological mechanisms underlying the association of a healthy diet with chronic diseases remain unclear. Targeted proteomics may facilitate the understanding of mechanisms linking diet to chronic diseases. Methods and Results We examined 6360 participants (mean age 50 years; 54% women) in the Framingham Heart Study. The associations between diet and 71 cardiovascular disease (CVD)‐related proteins were examined using 3 diet quality scores: the Alternate Healthy Eating Index, the modified Mediterranean‐style Diet Score, and the modified Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet score. A mediation analysis was conducted to examine which proteins mediated the associations of diet with incident CVD and all‐cause mortality. Thirty of the 71 proteins were associated with at least 1 diet quality score (P<0.0007) after adjustment for multiple covariates in all study participants and confirmed by an internal validation analysis. Gene ontology analysis identified inflammation‐related pathways such as regulation of cell killing and neuroinflammatory response (Bonferroni corrected P<0.05). During a median follow‐up of 13 years, we documented 512 deaths and 488 incident CVD events. Higher diet quality scores were associated with lower risk of CVD (P≤0.03) and mortality (P≤0.004). After adjusting for multiple potential confounders, 4 proteins (B2M [beta‐2‐microglobulin], GDF15 [growth differentiation factor 15], sICAM1 [soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1], and UCMGP [uncarboxylated matrix Gla‐protein]) mediated the association between at least 1 diet quality score and all‐cause mortality (median proportion of mediation ranged from 8.6% to 25.9%). We also observed that GDF15 mediated the association of the Alternate Healthy Eating Index with CVD (median proportion of mediation: 8.6%). Conclusions Diet quality is associated with new‐onset CVD and mortality and with circulating CVD‐related proteins. Several proteins appear to mediate the association of diet with these outcomes.Youjin KimSophia LuJennifer E. HoShih‐Jen HwangChen YaoTianxiao HuanDaniel LevyJiantao MaWileyarticlecardiovascular diseasediet qualitymediatormortalityproteomicsDiseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) systemRC666-701ENJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 10, Iss 18 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic cardiovascular disease
diet quality
mediator
mortality
proteomics
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
spellingShingle cardiovascular disease
diet quality
mediator
mortality
proteomics
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
Youjin Kim
Sophia Lu
Jennifer E. Ho
Shih‐Jen Hwang
Chen Yao
Tianxiao Huan
Daniel Levy
Jiantao Ma
Proteins as Mediators of the Association Between Diet Quality and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All‐Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Study
description Background Biological mechanisms underlying the association of a healthy diet with chronic diseases remain unclear. Targeted proteomics may facilitate the understanding of mechanisms linking diet to chronic diseases. Methods and Results We examined 6360 participants (mean age 50 years; 54% women) in the Framingham Heart Study. The associations between diet and 71 cardiovascular disease (CVD)‐related proteins were examined using 3 diet quality scores: the Alternate Healthy Eating Index, the modified Mediterranean‐style Diet Score, and the modified Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet score. A mediation analysis was conducted to examine which proteins mediated the associations of diet with incident CVD and all‐cause mortality. Thirty of the 71 proteins were associated with at least 1 diet quality score (P<0.0007) after adjustment for multiple covariates in all study participants and confirmed by an internal validation analysis. Gene ontology analysis identified inflammation‐related pathways such as regulation of cell killing and neuroinflammatory response (Bonferroni corrected P<0.05). During a median follow‐up of 13 years, we documented 512 deaths and 488 incident CVD events. Higher diet quality scores were associated with lower risk of CVD (P≤0.03) and mortality (P≤0.004). After adjusting for multiple potential confounders, 4 proteins (B2M [beta‐2‐microglobulin], GDF15 [growth differentiation factor 15], sICAM1 [soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1], and UCMGP [uncarboxylated matrix Gla‐protein]) mediated the association between at least 1 diet quality score and all‐cause mortality (median proportion of mediation ranged from 8.6% to 25.9%). We also observed that GDF15 mediated the association of the Alternate Healthy Eating Index with CVD (median proportion of mediation: 8.6%). Conclusions Diet quality is associated with new‐onset CVD and mortality and with circulating CVD‐related proteins. Several proteins appear to mediate the association of diet with these outcomes.
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author Youjin Kim
Sophia Lu
Jennifer E. Ho
Shih‐Jen Hwang
Chen Yao
Tianxiao Huan
Daniel Levy
Jiantao Ma
author_facet Youjin Kim
Sophia Lu
Jennifer E. Ho
Shih‐Jen Hwang
Chen Yao
Tianxiao Huan
Daniel Levy
Jiantao Ma
author_sort Youjin Kim
title Proteins as Mediators of the Association Between Diet Quality and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All‐Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Study
title_short Proteins as Mediators of the Association Between Diet Quality and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All‐Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Study
title_full Proteins as Mediators of the Association Between Diet Quality and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All‐Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Study
title_fullStr Proteins as Mediators of the Association Between Diet Quality and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All‐Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Study
title_full_unstemmed Proteins as Mediators of the Association Between Diet Quality and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All‐Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Study
title_sort proteins as mediators of the association between diet quality and incident cardiovascular disease and all‐cause mortality: the framingham heart study
publisher Wiley
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/f48271ec610548e494d20c8d60b51690
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