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- Clonal haematopoiesis related to somatic mutations was analyzed in individuals with obesity, comparing those receiving usual care and those undergoing bariatric surgery over a 20-year period. * -
- The study found a similar prevalence of clonal haematopoiesis-driver mutations in both treatment groups, with higher clone sizes correlating with age in usual care but not in bariatric surgery patients. * -
- An increase in variant allele frequency (VAF) linked to low HDL-cholesterol levels was observed in individuals treated by usual care, suggesting a potential connection between metabolic health and clone growth.*
Article Abstract
Background: Haematopoietic clones caused by somatic mutations with ≥2% variant allele frequency (VAF) increase with age and are linked to risk of haematological malignancies and cardiovascular disease. Recent observations suggest that smaller clones (VAF<2%) are also associated with adverse outcomes. Our aims were to determine the prevalence of clonal haematopoiesis driven by clones of variable sizes in individuals with obesity treated by usual care or bariatric surgery (a treatment that improves metabolic status), and to examine the expansion of clones in relation to age and metabolic dysregulation over up to 20 years.
Methods: Clonal haematopoiesis-driver mutations (CHDMs) were identified in blood samples from participants of the Swedish Obese Subjects intervention study. Using an ultrasensitive assay, we analysed single-timepoint samples from 1050 individuals treated by usual care and 841 individuals who had undergone bariatric surgery, and multiple-timepoint samples taken over 20 years from a subset (n = 40) of the individuals treated by usual care.
Findings: In this explorative study, prevalence of CHDMs was similar in the single-timepoint usual care and bariatric surgery groups (20.6% and 22.5%, respectively, P = 0.330), with VAF ranging from 0.01% to 31.15%. Clone sizes increased with age in individuals with obesity, but not in those who underwent bariatric surgery. In the multiple-timepoint analysis, VAF increased by on average 7% (range -4% to 24%) per year and rate of clone growth was negatively associated with HDL-cholesterol (R = -0.68, 1.74 E).
Interpretation: Low HDL-C was associated with growth of haematopoietic clones in individuals with obesity treated by usual care.
Funding: The Swedish Research Council, The Swedish state under an agreement between the Swedish government and the county councils, the ALF (Avtal om Läkarutbildning och Forskning) agreement, The Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation, The Novo Nordisk Foundation, The European Research Council, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.
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