Metabolomic signatures for visceral adiposity and dysglycaemia in Asian Chinese and Caucasian European adults: the cross-sectional TOFI_Asia study.

Zhanxuan E WuKarl FraserMarlena C KrugerIvana R SequeiraWilson YipLouise W LuLindsay D PlankRinki MurphyGarth J S CooperJean-Charles MartinSally D Poppitt

Published in: Nutrition & metabolism (2020)

Untargeted metabolomics identified common and disparate metabolites associated with FPG and %VATTBF, with an ethnic-dimorphic signature for these metabolic traits. These signatures could improve risk stratification and identify NFG individuals with an adverse cardiometabolic and T2D risk profile.

Keyphrases

cross sectional
genome wide
mass spectrometry
insulin resistance
ms ms
type diabetes
body mass index
gene expression
skeletal muscle
adipose tissue