Introduction
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- Roeca C
- Peters BA
- Neal-Perry G.
The menopause transition, also referred to as perimenopause, is the start of menstrual irregularities when signs of feminine intercourse hormone deficiency start. Menopausal change is related to larger prevalence of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular danger components, in addition to alterations in temper, sleep, eating regimen and different life-style components.
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Nonetheless, whether or not the reported modifications related to menopause are as a consequence of hormonal alterations, psychological modifications related to the transition, pure ageing, social and behavioural components of midlife or genetic vulnerability is much less clear and warrants additional exploration.
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Subsequently, unfavourable fasting blood measures
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and a shift to an atherogenic lipid profile (will increase in complete ldl cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein ldl cholesterol (LDL-C), and apolipoprotein B) happen independently of age, as a consequence of menopause.
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Nonetheless, much less is understood concerning the influence of menopause on the built-in postprandial metabolic response.
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- Jackson KG
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On condition that people spend nearly all of their day within the postprandial (1–8 h submit consuming) part (∼18 h/d) and postprandial lipaemia and glycaemia are impartial danger components for cardiovascular illnesses (as a consequence of their downstream results on irritation, oxidative stress, haemostatic operate and lipoprotein remodelling), research exploring multi-factorial postprandial responses with respect to menopausal standing are wanted. Moreover, the intestine microbiome is more and more recognised as an essential regulator of metabolism and is related to a number of cardiometabolic danger components.
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While alterations in intestine microbiome composition have been proven through the menopausal transition, its function in elevated metabolic danger confronted by menopausal girls stays unclear.
In gentle of the well-recognised modifications that happen in life-style and physique composition upon menopause, analysis furthering our understanding of the important thing metabolic and microbial modifications occurring in live performance could assist present tailor-made life-style and dietary recommendation for ladies throughout their menopausal transition and post-menopause. This examine leveraged the densely phenotyped ZOE PREDICT cohort to, firstly, characterise life-style, eating regimen and well being measures in pre-, peri- and post-menopausal girls and, secondly, discover the physiological modifications of menopause with a concentrate on postprandial metabolism and the intestine microbiome. We report; 1) variations in physique composition, fasting blood measures, postprandial metabolites, life-style, eating regimen, microbiome and temper throughout intercourse, age and menopausal standing, 2) an impartial affiliation of menopause with postprandial glucose responses in an age-matched subgroup, 3) a protecting affiliation between menopausal hormone remedy (MHT) use and visceral fats and fasting and postprandial measures, and 4) a mediation impact of eating regimen and bacterial species on visceral fats and irritation, by menopause standing.
Outcomes
The ZOE PREDICT 1 cohort
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In comparison with the common UK inhabitants, PREDICT 1 members had been older (imply age 46 vs 41 years respectively), had a decrease BMI (26 vs 28 kg/m2 respectively), had been much less prone to smoke and the proportion of males was additionally decrease (27% vs 49 % respectively).
Determine 1Experimental design. Self-reported pre-, peri- and post-menopausal females had been chosen from the ZOE PREDICT 1 (UK; n=366, n=55, n=206 respectively) cohort. Phenotypic knowledge had been obtained following in-person assessments and through a 13-d at residence part. Private traits, life-style components, eating regimen, fasting and postprandial metabolic response, take a look at meals, steady glucose ranges, intestine microbiome composition and temper, had been examined throughout menopausal teams within the PREDICT 1 cohort.
Cohort traits and relationships with intercourse, age and menopausal standing
Variations within the affiliation of age with metabolic traits between women and men
Determine 2Variation in women and men throughout age teams. Age teams chosen to signify the pre-menopausal interval (18–32y and 33–43y, pre-menopausal females solely), the menopausal transition interval (44–58y, contains pre-, peri- and post-menopausal females) and the post-menopausal interval (>58y, post-menopausal females solely) a. Systolic BP (mm/Hg) b. LDL-C (mmol/L), c. Glucose2hiauc, d. Triglyceride6hiauc, e. Liver chance rating. Black dots and features signify males (N=273; 18–32y, n=68; 33–43y, n=64; 44-58y, n=110; >58y, n=32), inexperienced dots and features signify females (N=725; 18–32y, n=111; 33–43y, n=153; 44-58y, n=339; >58y, n=122). Variation in clinic postprandial metabolic responses for f. Glucose, g. TG, h. Insulin and i. GlycA in pre- (n=365), peri- (n=55) and post-menopausal (n=206) females. Traces signify common values for pre- (black), peri- (orange) and post-menopausal (blue) females. j. CGM-derived peak glucose (0–2 h) concentrations following 8 set meals (metabolic problem, excessive fibre, excessive fats, excessive protein, excessive carbohydrate, oral glucose tolerance take a look at, US/UK consultant (breakfast and lunch) meals) for pre (n=365) and post-menopausal (n=206) females. ok. Intestine bacterial species with considerably totally different relative abundances (n species=8) between pre- vs. post-menopause females (n=564) within the PREDICT 1 cohort.
Associations with menopausal standing
Desk 2Traits of the PREDICT 1 cohort throughout menopausal standing.
*Scoring ranges from lowest “all the time” to highest “not one of the time”. ANCOVA (steady) and logistic regression (categorical) adjusted for age and BMI. Anthropometric traits had been adjusted for age solely. Variations between menopausal teams additionally adjusted for MHT use and smoking standing. All p-values adjusted for a number of testing (FDR<0.05); * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, ***p<0.001.+ PREDICT 1 females who self-reported menopausal standing.
Menopausal standing associations with postprandial responses and glycaemic variability
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Due to this fact, as people spend nearly all of their day within the postprandial metabolic state, we subsequent examined variations in postprandial responses between pre- and post-menopausal females (adjusting for age, BMI, MHT use and smoking standing). Clinic postprandial metabolic responses differed between teams (Determine 2 f-i), with considerably larger glucose2hiauc and insulin2hiauc (pvs. pre-menopausal females.
Given the variations in postprandial glycaemia measured within the tightly managed clinic setting, we then explored glycaemia within the distant part of the examine utilizing CGM knowledge. We examined totally different options of glycaemic responses, together with glycaemic variability (measured by coefficient of variation), time spent in vary, imply day lengthy glucose focus, in addition to glucose2hiauc and peak0-2h following meals of various macronutrient composition. Imply day-long glucose concentrations and glycaemic variability (examined utilizing 2-4 free-living days of the PREDICT 1 distant part) had been larger in post-menopausal females (5.1±0.53 mmol/L and 17.6±4.3 %) in comparison with pre-menopausal females (4.9±0.54 mmol/L and 15.6±4.00 %), p<0.002 (ANCOVA) (Supplementary Desk 6). Pre-menopausal females additionally elicited a extra beneficial TIR (3.9–5.6 mmol/L) (70.8%±16.9) in contrast with post-menopausal females (68.8%±15.6), p<0.05 (ANCOVA).
Menopausal standing additionally corresponded to a state of higher inter-individual variability (coefficient of variation) in post- vs. pre-menopausal females for postprandial insulin (30 min, pre-menopause 89% vs. post-menopause 200%) and HOMA-IR (pre-menopause 69.4% vs. post-menopause 82.6%) (Supplementary Determine 1 and Supplementary Desk 8).
Menopausal standing related to microbiome composition
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Due to this fact, we examined intestine microbiome composition, within-sample richness (variety of species) and within-sample range (Shannon) in pre- and post-menopausal females (n=564). The relative abundances of microbiome species differed with menopausal standing, with eight species considerably differentially plentiful after correction for a number of testing (pDetermine 2k). Of those, 4 species had considerably larger abundances in pre- vs. post-menopausal females, whereas 4 species had larger abundances post-menopause (pBacteroides ovatus has been related to youthful age in a big meta-analysis,
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however not one of the different species had been related to age or BMI. Microbiome richness and variety weren’t considerably totally different (Supplementary Desk 9).
Is the affiliation of menopause with metabolic traits impartial of age?
Determine 3Distribution of a. sugar consumption, b. sleep high quality, c. postprandial glucose peak0-2h and d. glycaemic variability between age-matched pre- (n=86) and post-menopausal (n=64) females. The crimson line represents the group median. e. Variation in postprandial glucose responses (0–2 h) to a typical UK/US common lunch, measured by CGM. Pre-m; pre-menopausal, Publish-m; post-menopausal.
When investigating variations in microbiome composition, within the age matched cohort, the abundances of six species had been considerably totally different between pre- and post-menopausal females however weren’t important after FDR correction (Supplementary Desk 9). From the eight species beforehand recognized within the complete cohort, 4 species confirmed the identical directional development however weren’t important after FDR correction (Eubacterium hallii, Bifidobacterium adolescentis, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Oscillibacter sp PC13). The remaining 4 species, (Harryflintia acetispora, Bacteroides ovatus, Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus and Clostridium disporicum) weren’t plentiful in the identical directional development within the age-matched subgroup.
As a result of deficiency in feminine sexual hormones noticed post-menopause we additionally examined measures in age-matched 1) males, 2) pre-menopausal females and three) post-menopausal females (age vary 47–56y, Supplementary Desk 10). Females, each pre- and post-menopausal, had considerably decrease SBP and ASCVD 10y danger in comparison with males. Nonetheless, pre-menopause was related to extra beneficial fasting blood glucose and GlycA concentrations, and imply day lengthy glucose concentrations (CGM) in comparison with males (p<0.05) (ANCOVA), whereas male ranges had been extra much like post-menopausal females. Apparently, glycaemic variability, which worsened post-menopause (in contrast with age-matched pre-menopausal females), was additionally considerably larger than males (p=0.007) (ANCOVA), suggesting unfavourable blood glucose variability impartial of age and gender.
The affiliation between post-menopausal hormone remedy use and metabolic well being
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- Ferreira CM
we examined the hyperlink between MHT use and metabolic well being in post-menopausal females (Desk 3; adjusted for age, BMI and smoking standing). Measures that had been considerably totally different with menopausal standing within the complete cohort had been examined together with a choice of measures with beforehand identified associations with MHT (visceral fats and lipids (LDL-C and triglyceride6hiauc)).
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Publish-menopausal females utilizing MHT (n=35) had decrease visceral fats mass, beneficial fasting blood concentrations (for glucose, insulin, ldl cholesterol (complete and LDL)), and decrease postprandial lipaemia (triglyceride6hiauc) in comparison with non-MHT customers (n=172), pDesk 3). Moreover, to disentangle the impact of genetics, we examined our predominantly twin cohort and recognized six post-menopausal MZ twin pairs discordant for MHT use. HbA1c confirmed important variations between discordant twin pairs (p=0.004) (Paired t-test) (Supplementary Desk 12). We noticed a extra beneficial physique composition (decrease BMI, weight, visceral fats) and blood biomarker concentrations (decrease glucose, insulin, TG and GlycA) in twins utilizing MHT vs. these non-MHT customers (though not important).
Desk 3Menopausal hormone remedy use in post-menopausal females.
*Publish-menopausal females who self-reported at present taking MHT.
Mediating results of sleep, bodily exercise, eating regimen and microbiome on the hyperlink between menopausal standing and key metabolic well being indicators
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4 microbiome species (Collinsella intestinalis, Eggerthella lenta, Flavonifractor plautii and Ruminococcus gnavus) acted as partial mediators within the affiliation between menopause standing and GlycA (proportion mediated; 5–10%) (Determine 4b and Supplementary Desk 13). The species Flavonifractor plautii and Eggerthella lenta acted as a partial mediators within the affiliation between menopause standing and visceral fats (proportion mediated; 5%) and glucose (peak0-2h) (proportion mediated; 8%, pOscillibacter sp 57 20 acted as partial mediators within the affiliation between menopause standing and glucose (peak0-2h) (proportion mediated; −6%) (Determine 4c) (p
Determine 4Mediation evaluation of the affiliation between menopausal standing and a. visceral fats (g) b. glucose (peak0-2h) c. GlycA (mmol/L). Common direct impact (ADE) and common causal mediation results (ACME) are reported (*P<0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001). d. Well being and eating regimen measures related to post-menopausal standing.
Dialogue
Analysis on the menopause within the Nineteen Nineties.
Within the present examine, we reveal that post-menopause standing is related to unfavourable modifications in physique composition, fasting and postprandial blood profiles (together with irritation and postprandial glycaemia), eating regimen, sleep and intestine microbiome. We additional explored the impartial function of menopause from age and noticed poorer sleep and eating regimen, in addition to larger postprandial glycaemic measures post-menopause, alongside a protecting affiliation of MHT use with visceral fats, fasting (glucose and insulin) and postprandial (triglyceride6hiauc) blood measures. Lastly, we investigated the affiliation between modifiable danger components on metabolic modifications in menopause, discovering a mediating impact of eating regimen and a intestine bacterial species and visceral fats, glycaemia and irritation, by menopause standing. Adjustments in key metabolic well being indicators noticed in menopause could due to this fact be attenuated by concentrating on the intestine microbiome and eating regimen.
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Right here, we present that along with 2h iAUC for glucose and insulin, post-menopausal females had a extra unfavourable glycaemic variability, TIR and day-long glucose, measured by CGM in free-living days. Steady glycaemic options seize day-to-day glycaemic excursions, together with peak focus, nadirs ‘under baseline’, glycaemic variability and TIR, every related to downstream metabolic results, together with oxidative stress, irritation, and elevated cardiovascular and diabetes illness danger.
On this cohort, we didn’t see variations in postprandial TG impartial of age. To the very best of our data, one earlier examine has in contrast postprandial TG response between pre- and post-menopausal females utilizing a sequential meal postprandial investigation.
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Females had been subdivided into each youthful and older pre- and post-menopause subgroups however no variations in postprandial TG had been noticed as a consequence of menopausal standing.
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Variations had been noticed between younger and outdated pre-menopausal teams, suggestive that main will increase noticed in postprandial TG could happen through the later pre-menopause years.
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This examine highlights that inherent organic variations exist between women and men whereas additionally demonstrating the protecting results of oestrogen via the managed comparability of age-matched males and pre- and post-menopausal females. A number of features of well being and glucose homeostasis are regulated in a different way between sexes, and our findings spotlight the added complexity launched by the feminine menopausal transition.
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Nonetheless, MHT is accessible in a number of types and doses, and the influence of various therapies is past the scope of this analysis. For instance, transdermal oestradiol and micronised progesterone are usually not related to a danger of venous thromboembolism in comparison with oral oestrogen with an artificial progestogen.
Given the suitable dose and sort, MHT can cut back organic ageing and supply efficient remedy to alleviate menopausal signs and confer protecting cardiometabolic results in applicable candidates.
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which has been related to a number of illnesses exterior of this organ. The intestine microbiota metabolizes oestrogen-like compounds consumed in plant meals (phytoestrogens), together with lignans (derived from quite a lot of plant meals) and isoflavonoids (present in soy meals).
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Administration of isoflavone-rich soy meals to post-menopausal females can result in elevated ranges of intestine microbial derived oestrogen-like metabolites
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and modifications in some micro organism together with will increase in Bifidobacterium and reduces of Clostridiaceae, which play roles in inflammatory illnesses.
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Additional, modifications in oestrogen receptor (ER-β) expression have been proven to have an effect on microbiota composition
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and the intestine microbiomes of pregnant females had been profoundly altered through the third trimester, when oestrogen is at its peak.
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Thus a reciprocal relationship could exist between oestrogen and the microbiome which can modulate the well being of menopausal females. Our findings present variations in abundances of species post-menopause, together with pro-inflammatory and obesogenic micro organism. Of curiosity, 4 species partly modulated the connection between menopause and GlycA, a marker of irritation. Our earlier analysis related these species with unfavourable cardiometabolic well being, eating regimen and inflammatory outcomes,
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in step with earlier analysis.
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For instance, Ruminococcus gnavus, a prevalent intestine microbe, produces a potent, inflammatory polysaccharide acknowledged by innate immune cells via the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and is related to a number of inflammatory illnesses.
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GlycA is strongly related to cardiovascular and diabetes danger
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; thus, our knowledge means that irritation could also be diminished via intervention aimed toward enhancing the intestine microbiome post-menopause.
Perimenopausal danger components and future well being.
that are identified to influence metabolic well being outcomes, these are potential targets to alleviate among the downstream unfavourable well being results related to menopause. For instance, in our cohort, post-menopausal females consumed larger intakes of dietary sugars and reported poorer sleep. These are each related to extra pronounced postprandial glycaemia
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and elevated danger of type-2 diabetes and heart problems.
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Additional, a lower in bodily exercise power expenditure and a shift to a extra sedentary life-style related to menopause
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was lately demonstrated to be a direct impact of declining oestrogen
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which can have been captured with extra quantitative measures of bodily exercise on this examine. These noticed modifications in eating regimen and bodily exercise could enhance the chance for constructive power stability and weight achieve over time. Wholesome dietary patterns such because the Mediterranean eating regimen have been related to improved weight and vasomotor signs in post-menopausal females
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and sure meals have additionally been linked to later onset of menopause i.e. intakes of inexperienced and yellow greens in addition to recent legumes.
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Optimistic well being results related to eating regimen high quality, could also be as a consequence of larger contents of dietary fiber, complicated carbohydrates, nutritional vitamins, minerals, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and phytochemicals. Diets excessive in plant-based meals could also be naturally wealthy in isoflavones which can play a job within the protecting results some eating regimen patterns resembling Mediterranean eating regimen have on menopause. Analysis reveals that 60% of ladies consulted healthcare suppliers throughout their menopausal transition in search of assist for menopausal signs and remedy,
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highlighting an opportune window to focus on modifiable components together with eating regimen and life-style in addition to contemplating MHT.
Limitations of this cross-sectional evaluation embrace; 1) potential inaccuracy within the self-reported time since menopause and self-identification of menopausal standing as a consequence of ambiguity in figuring out amenorrhea; 2) cross-sectional knowledge stopping identification of causal relationships; 3) lack of ability to completely account for age-related results regardless of the creation of an age-matched subgroup and evaluation of MHT discordance; 4) lack of ability to find out menstrual cycle regularity, present contraception use, MHT sort (transdermal vs. oral) and different present treatment use. Nonetheless, the info offered hyperlinks modifications in postprandial metabolism, metabolic syndrome components, temper, sleep, eating regimen and the intestine microbiome in a single deeply phenotyped cohort. This may increasingly assist inform particular hypotheses to design dietary intervention research analyzing the influence of menopause standing on postprandial metabolism and microbiome composition.
In abstract, the physiological results of menopause are quite a few and the menopause transition is a time of nice change and unfavourable metabolic results. While this transition is inevitable, this evaluation demonstrates that approaches could be taken to attenuate the hostile cardiometabolic sequelae, together with a concentrate on modifiable components, resembling eating regimen, microbiome and use of MHT in applicable candidates.
Contributors
Research design and developed idea: S.E.B, A.M.V, J.W, G.H, R.D, N.S, P.W.F, T.D.S. Information assortment: S.E.B, I.L, J.W, G.H, T.D.S. Information evaluation: Okay.M.B, F.A. Research coordination: S.E.B, J.W, I.L, G.H, T.D.S. Writing the manuscript: Okay.M.B, S.E.B, A.M.V, W.L.H, I.L, Okay.Okay, J.W, J.E.M, L.R.N, L.D, J.M.O, A.T.C, T.D.S. Obtained funding: J.W, G.H, T.D.S. Accessed and verified the info: Okay.M.B, F.A, S.E.B, A.M.V. Determined to submit the manuscript: S.E.B and Okay.M.B. All authors learn and permitted the ultimate manuscript.
Declaration of pursuits
TDS, JW and GH are co-founders of ZOE Ltd (ZOE). AMV, FA, LMD, NS, PWF, SEB, TDS obtain funds as consultants to ZOE. GH, IL, JW, KK, RD are employed by ZOE. AMV, GH, IL, JW, KK, LMD, NS, PWF, RD, SEB, TDS additionally obtain choices in ZOE. Different authors haven’t any battle of curiosity to declare.