Metabolic dysregulation in vitamin E and carnitine shuttle energy mechanisms associate with human frailty
Rattray NJW, Trivedi DK, Xu Y, Chandola T, Johnson CH, Marshall AD, Mekli K, Rattray Z, Tampubolon G, Vanhoutte B, White IR, Wu FCW, Pendleton N, Nazroo J, Goodacre R. Metabolic dysregulation in vitamin E and carnitine shuttle energy mechanisms associate with human frailty. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 5027. PMID: 31690722, PMCID: PMC6831565, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12716-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of frailtySocial care costsSubstantial economic burdenAnalysis of serumFrailty indexGas chromatography-mass spectrometry metabolomicsMetabolic dysregulationEconomic burdenVitamin ECare costsPoor healthPopulation-level assessmentFrailtyOlder peopleLongitudinal validationMetabolic phenotypeGlobal AGEingLater lifeMultivariate regressionSignificant metabolitesCarnitine shuttleDysregulationGreater proportionHealthPhenotype