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Predicting longevity using metabolomics: a novel tool for precision lifestyle medicine?

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Strategies to measure metabolomics data in large cohorts capture not only genetic information, but also lifestyle habits and clinical outcomes, which could contribute to the identification of genetic and lifestyle biomarkers. Such an approach might pave the way for the development of personalized lifestyle medicine.

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Fig. 1: Use of lifestyle and metabolomics markers for precision lifestyle medicine.

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The author has received research funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Foundation of the Québec Heart and Lung Institute.

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  1. Centre de recherche sur les soins et les services de première ligne, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada

    Jean-Pierre Després

  2. Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada

    Jean-Pierre Després

  3. Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada

    Jean-Pierre Després

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Després, JP. Predicting longevity using metabolomics: a novel tool for precision lifestyle medicine?. Nat Rev Cardiol 17, 67–68 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-019-0310-2

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