Obesity-related metabolite profiles of black women spanning the epidemiologic transition

In developed countries, specific metabolites have been associated with obesity and metabolic diseases, e.g. type 2 diabetes. It is unknown whether a similar profile persists across populations of African-origin, at increased risk for obesity and related diseases. In a cross-sectional study of normal-weight and obese black women (33.3 +/- 6.3 years) from the US (N = 69, 65 % obese), South Africa (SA, N = 97, 49 % obese) and Ghana (N = 82, 33 % obese) serum metabolite profiles were characterized via gas chromatography-time of flight/mass spectrometry. In US and SA women, BMI correlated with branched-chain and aromatic amino acids, as well as dopamine and aminoadipic acid. The relationship between BMI and lipid metabolites differed by site; BMI correlated positively with palmitoleic acid (16: 1) in the US; negatively with stearic acid (18: 0) in SA, and positively with arachidonic acid (20: 4) in Ghana. BMI was also positively associated with sugar-related metabolites in the US; i.e. uric acid, and mannitol, and with glucosamine, glucoronic acid and mannitol in SA. While we identified a common amino acid metabolite profile associated with obesity in black women from the US and SA, we also found site-specific obesity-related metabolites suggesting that the local environment is a key moderator of obesity.

Av författaren/redakt...: Dugas, Lara R.; Chorell, Elin, 1 ...; Plange-Rhule, Ja ...; Lambert, Estelle ...; Cao, Guichan; Cooper, Richard ...; visa fler...; Layden, Brian T.; Scholten, Denise; Olsson, Tommy, 1 ...; Luke, Amy; Goedecke, Julia ...; visa färre...

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