Circulating Branched-Chain Amino Acids and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in a Prospective Cohort of US Women [Original Articles]

Conclusions:
Circulating plasma BCAAs were positively associated with incident CVD in women. Impaired BCAA metabolism may capture the long-term risk of the common cause underlying T2D and CVD.

Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics - March 23, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Tobias, D. K., Lawler, P. R., Harada, P. H., Demler, O. V., Ridker, P. M., Manson, J. E., Cheng, S., Mora, S. Tags: Biomarkers, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Type 2, Epidemiology, Women Original Articles Source Type: research