MetaboVariation: Exploring Individual Variation in Metabolite Levels

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Abstract

To date, most metabolomics biomarker research has focused on identifying disease biomarkers. However, there is a need for biomarkers of early metabolic dysfunction to identify individuals who would benefit from lifestyle interventions. Concomitantly, there is a need to develop strategies to analyse metabolomics data at an individual level. We propose “MetaboVariation”, a method that models repeated measurements on individuals to explore fluctuations in metabolite levels at an individual level. MetaboVariation employs a Bayesian generalised linear model to flag individuals with intra-individual variations in their metabolite levels across multiple measurements. MetaboVariation models repeated metabolite levels as a function of explanatory variables while accounting for intra-individual variation. The posterior predictive distribution of metabolite levels at the individual level is available, and is used to flag individuals with observed metabolite levels outside the 95% highest posterior density prediction interval at a given time point. MetaboVariation was applied to a dataset containing metabolite levels for 20 metabolites, measured once every four months, in 164 individuals. A total of 28% of individuals with intra-individual variations in three or more metabolites were flagged. An R package for MetaboVariation was developed with an embedded R Shiny web application. To summarize, MetaboVariation has made considerable progress in developing strategies for analysing metabolomics data at the individual level, thus paving the way toward personalised healthcare.

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Gupta, S., Gormley, I. C., & Brennan, L. (2023). MetaboVariation: Exploring Individual Variation in Metabolite Levels. Metabolites, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13020164

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