Big Data, Big Insights: Leveraging Data Analytics to Unravel Cardiovascular Exposome Complexities

Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2024 Nov 5;20(5):111-123. doi: 10.14797/mdcvj.1467. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

The exposome encompasses the full range of environmental exposures throughout a person's lifetime and plays an important role in cardiovascular health. Interactions with the social, natural, and built components of the exposome significantly impact cardiovascular disease prevalence and mortality. Robust data analytics, including machine learning and geospatial analysis, have advanced our understanding of how these factors converge to influence cardiovascular disease risk. The integration of multiomics platforms and advanced computational approaches enhances our ability to characterize the exposome, leading to targeted public health interventions and innovative risk reduction strategies aimed at improving cardiovascular health globally. These multiomics platforms that integrate factors such as genomics, epigenomics, clinical data, social factors, environmental factors, and wearable technology will characterize the exposome in greater detail concerning cardiovascular health. In this review, we aimed to elucidate the components of the exposome and discuss recent literature regarding their relationship to cardiovascular health.

Keywords: big data; electronic health data; exposome.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Big Data*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases* / genetics
  • Cardiovascular Diseases* / prevention & control
  • Data Mining
  • Environmental Exposure* / adverse effects
  • Exposome*
  • Gene-Environment Interaction
  • Heart Disease Risk Factors
  • Humans
  • Machine Learning
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors