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ANNALS OF CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 52, 期 3, 页码 352-360出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0004563214545346
关键词
Betaine; choline; coefficient of reliability; diabetes; N; N-dimethylglycine; glycerophosphorylcholine; index of individuality; reference change value; taurine; trimethylamine-N-oxide
资金
- Health Research Council of New Zealand [06/337]
- National Heart Foundation of New Zealand
- Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust
- New Zealand Lottery Health Research
Background Plasma betaine concentrations and urinary betaine excretions have high test-retest reliability. Abnormal betaine excretion is common in diabetes. We aimed to confirm the individuality of plasma betaine and urinary betaine excretion in an overweight population with type 2 diabetes and compare this with the individuality of other osmolytes, one-carbon metabolites and trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), thus assessing their potential usefulness as disease markers. Methods Urine and plasma were collected from overweight subjects with type 2 diabetes at four time points over a two-year period. We measured the concentrations of the osmolytes: betaine, glycerophosphorylcholine (GPC) and taurine, as well as TMAO, and the one-carbon metabolites, N,N-dimethylglycine (DMG) and free choline. Samples were measured using tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Results Betaine showed a high degree of individuality (or test-retest reliability) in the plasma (index of individuality=0.52) and urine (index of individuality=0.45). Betaine in the plasma had positive and negative log-normal reference change values (RCVs) of 54% and -35%, respectively. The other osmolytes, taurine and GPC were more variable in the plasma of individuals compared to the urine. DMG and choline showed high individuality in the plasma and urine. TMAO was highly variable in the plasma and urine (log-normal RCVs ranging from 403% to -80% in plasma). Conclusions Betaine is highly individual in overweight people with diabetes. Betaine, its metabolite DMG, and precursor choline showed more reliability than the osmolytes, GPC and taurine. The low reliability of TMAO suggests that a single TMAO measurement has low diagnostic value.
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