Hair-derived exposome exploration of cardiometabolic health: piloting a Bayesian multi-trait variable selection approach
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Cardiometabolic health is complex and characterized by an ensemble of correlated and/or co-occurring conditions including obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. It is affected by social, lifestyle, and environmental factors, which in-turn exhibit complex correlation patterns. To account for the complexity of (i) exposure profiles and (ii) health outcomes, we propose to use a multitrait Bayesian variable selection approach and identify a sparse set of exposures jointly explanatory of the complex cardiometabolic health status. Using data from a subset (N = 941 participants) of the nutrition, environment, and cardiovascular health (NESCAV) study, we evaluated the link between measurements of the cumulative exposure to (N = 33) pollutants derived from hair and cardiometabolic health as proxied by up to nine measured traits. Our multitrait analysis showed increased statistical power, compared to single-trait analyses, to detect subtle contributions of exposures to a set of clinical phenotypes, while providing parsimonious results with improved interpretability. We identified six exposures that were jointly explanatory of cardiometabolic health as modeled by six complementary traits, of which, we identified strong associations between hexachlorobenzene and trifluralin exposure and adverse cardiometabolic health, including traits of obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. This supports the use of this type of approach for the joint modeling, in an exposome context, of correlated exposures in relation to complex and multifaceted outcomes.
Date Issued
2024-03-26
Date Acceptance
2024-02-26
Citation
Environmental Science and Technology (Washington), 2024, 58 (12), pp.5383-5393
ISSN
0013-936X
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
5383
End Page
5393
Journal / Book Title
Environmental Science and Technology (Washington)
Volume
58
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society. This publication is licensed under
CC-BY 4.0.
CC-BY 4.0.
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Identifier
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c08739
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2024-03-13