Clonal hematopoiesis associates with prevalent and incident cardiometabolic disease in a cardiac catheterization cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is the age-related presence of expanded somatic clones secondary to leukemogenic driver mutations and is associated with cardiovascular (CV) disease and mortality. We sought to evaluate relationships between CHIP with cardiometabolic diseases and incident outcomes in high-risk individuals.

Methods

CHIP genotyping was performed in 8469 individuals referred for cardiac catheterization at Duke University (CATHGEN study) to identify variants present at a variant allele fraction (VAF) ≥2%. Associations were tested among any CHIP variant, large CHIP clones (VAF > 10%) and individual CHIP genes with prevalent cardiometabolic traits. Cox proportional hazard models tested CHIP associations with time-to-overall mortalit

SUBMITTER: Regan JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12890114 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature