Beyond fitness tracking: The use of consumer-grade wearable data from normal volunteers in cardiovascular and lipidomics research
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
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.
Date Issued
2018-02-27
Date Acceptance
2018-01-23
Citation
PLoS Biology, 2018, 16 (2), pp.1-18
ISSN
1544-9173
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Start Page
1
End Page
18
Journal / Book Title
PLoS Biology
Volume
16
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Lim et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Biology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
RESTING HEART-RATE
INSULIN-RESISTANCE
MAGNETIC-RESONANCE
PLASMA CERAMIDES
SKELETAL-MUSCLE
ATHLETES HEART
RISK-FACTOR
EXERCISE
SENSITIVITY
DISEASE
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN e2004285
Date Publish Online
2018-02-27