Abstract
Background:
Serum indices (hemolysis, icterus, and lipemia; HIL) are known to impact clinical chemistry assay results. This study aimed to investigate the impact of HIL indices on serum metabolite profiles and the association of serum metabolite levels with pre-analytical factors of serum samples.
Methods:
A cohort of serum samples (n = 12,196) from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES) was analyzed for HIL indices and the pre-analytical variables (SPRECs) which were generated in the process of serum collection. We further performed targeted metabolomics on a subset comprising hemolyzed (n = 60), icteric (n = 60), lipemic (n = 60) groups, and a common control group of non-HIL samples (n = 60) using the Absolute IDQ p180 kit.
Results:
We found 22 clinical chemistry analytes significantly associated with hemolysis, 25 with icterus, and 24 with lipemia (p < 0.0001). Serum metabolites (n = 27) were associated with all of hemolysis, icterus, and lipemia (p < 0.05). The PC ae C36 2 had exhibited a significant association with pre-analytical factors corresponding to the third (pre-centrifugation delay between processing) and sixth (post-centrifugation) elements of the SPREC.
Conclusions:
This study showed the association of the serum index and pre-analytical factors with serum metabolite profiles. In addition, the association of pre-analytical factors with serum metabolite concentrations would corroborate the utility of SPRECs for the quality control of biobanked serum samples.
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