MRI-based and metabolomics-based age scores act synergetically for mortality prediction shown by multi-cohort federated learning

Pedro Mateus; Swier Garst; Jing Yu; Davy Cats; Alexander G. J. Harms; Mahlet Birhanu; Marian Beekman; P. Eline Slagboom; Marcel Reinders; Jeroen van der Grond; Andre Dekker; Jacobus F. A. Jansen; Magdalena Beran; Miranda T. Schram; Pieter Jelle Visser; Justine Moonen; Mohsen Ghanbari; Gennady Roshchupkin; Dina Vojinovic; Inigo Bermejo; Hailiang Mei; Esther E. Bron

arXiv · 2409.01235

MRI-based and metabolomics-based age scores act synergetically for mortality prediction shown by multi-cohort federated learning

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Biological age scores are an emerging tool to characterize aging by estimating chronological age based on physiological biomarkers. Various scores have shown associations with aging-related outcomes. This study assessed the relation between an age score based on brain MRI images (BrainAge) and an age score based on metabolomic biomarkers (MetaboAge). We trained a federated deep learning model to estimate BrainAge in three cohorts. The federated BrainAge model yielded significantly lower error for age prediction across the cohorts than locally trained models. Harmonizing the age interval between cohorts further improved BrainAge accuracy. Subsequently, we compared BrainAge with MetaboAge using federated association and survival analyses. The results showed a small association between BrainAge and MetaboAge as well as a higher predictive value for the time to mortality of both scores combined than for the individual scores. Hence, our study suggests that both aging scores capture different aspects of the aging process.

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Pedro Mateus, Swier Garst, Jing Yu, Davy Cats, Alexander G. J. Harms, Mahlet Birhanu, Marian Beekman, P. Eline Slagboom, Marcel Reinders, Jeroen van der Grond, Andre Dekker, Jacobus F. A. Jansen, Magdalena Beran, Miranda T. Schram, Pieter Jelle Visser, Justine Moonen, Mohsen Ghanbari, Gennady Roshchupkin, Dina Vojinovic, Inigo Bermejo, Hailiang Mei, Esther E. Bron. 2024-09-02. MRI-based and metabolomics-based age scores act synergetically for mortality prediction shown by multi-cohort federated learning. https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.01235

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