Microbiota‐Dependent Metabolite Trimethylamine N‐Oxide and Coronary Artery Calcium in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study (CARDIA)

BackgroundClinical studies implicate trimethylamine N‐oxide (TMAO; a gut microbiota‐dependent nutrient metabolite) in cardiovascular disease risk. There is a lack of population‐based data on the role of TMAO in advancing early atherosclerotic disease. We tested the prospective associations between T...

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Main Authors: Katie A. Meyer, Thomas Z. Benton, Brian J. Bennett, David R. Jacobs, Donald M. Lloyd‐Jones, Myron D. Gross, J. Jeffrey Carr, Penny Gordon‐Larsen, Steven H. Zeisel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.003970