Modeling Interconnected Modules in Multivariate Outcomes: Evaluating the Impact of Alcohol Intake on Plasma Metabolomics

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Hauptverfasser: Yang, Yifan, Chen, Chixiang, Lee, Hwiyoung, Wang, Ming, Chen, Shuo
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author Yang, Yifan
Chen, Chixiang
Lee, Hwiyoung
Wang, Ming
Chen, Shuo
author_facet Yang, Yifan
Chen, Chixiang
Lee, Hwiyoung
Wang, Ming
Chen, Shuo
contents Alcohol consumption has been shown to influence cardiovascular mechanisms in humans, leading to observable alterations in the plasma metabolomic profile. Regression models are commonly employed to investigate these effects, treating metabolomics features as the outcomes and alcohol intake as the exposure. Given the latent dependence structure among the numerous metabolomic features (e.g., co-expression networks with interconnected modules), modeling this structure is crucial for accurately identifying metabolomic features associated with alcohol intake. However, integrating dependence structures into regression models remains difficult in both estimation and inference procedures due to their large or high dimensionality. To bridge this gap, we propose an innovative multivariate regression model that accounts for correlations among outcome features by incorporating an interconnected community structure. Furthermore, we derive closed-form and likelihood-based estimators, accompanied by explicit exact and explicit asymptotic covariance matrix estimators, respectively. Simulation analysis demonstrates that our approach provides accurate estimation of both dependence and regression coefficients, and enhances sensitivity while maintaining a well-controlled discovery rate, as evidenced through benchmarking against existing regression models. Finally, we apply our approach to assess the impact of alcohol intake on $249$ metabolomic biomarkers measured using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The results indicate that alcohol intake can elevate high-density lipoprotein levels by enhancing the transport rate of Apolipoproteins A1.
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spellingShingle Modeling Interconnected Modules in Multivariate Outcomes: Evaluating the Impact of Alcohol Intake on Plasma Metabolomics
Yang, Yifan
Chen, Chixiang
Lee, Hwiyoung
Wang, Ming
Chen, Shuo
Methodology
Alcohol consumption has been shown to influence cardiovascular mechanisms in humans, leading to observable alterations in the plasma metabolomic profile. Regression models are commonly employed to investigate these effects, treating metabolomics features as the outcomes and alcohol intake as the exposure. Given the latent dependence structure among the numerous metabolomic features (e.g., co-expression networks with interconnected modules), modeling this structure is crucial for accurately identifying metabolomic features associated with alcohol intake. However, integrating dependence structures into regression models remains difficult in both estimation and inference procedures due to their large or high dimensionality. To bridge this gap, we propose an innovative multivariate regression model that accounts for correlations among outcome features by incorporating an interconnected community structure. Furthermore, we derive closed-form and likelihood-based estimators, accompanied by explicit exact and explicit asymptotic covariance matrix estimators, respectively. Simulation analysis demonstrates that our approach provides accurate estimation of both dependence and regression coefficients, and enhances sensitivity while maintaining a well-controlled discovery rate, as evidenced through benchmarking against existing regression models. Finally, we apply our approach to assess the impact of alcohol intake on $249$ metabolomic biomarkers measured using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The results indicate that alcohol intake can elevate high-density lipoprotein levels by enhancing the transport rate of Apolipoproteins A1.
title Modeling Interconnected Modules in Multivariate Outcomes: Evaluating the Impact of Alcohol Intake on Plasma Metabolomics
topic Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10884