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To address this gap, we prospectively investigated associations of blood metabolites and BTC risk in the UK Biobank cohort study. We used Cox proportional hazards models to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs between 249 plasma metabolites per standard deviation (SD) and BTC risk in 232\u2009781 participants. We implemented exploratory factor analyses and evaluated associations between factors and BTC risk. Associations with a P value &amp;lt;.001 were considered statistically significant after multiple comparison adjustments. In a median follow-up of 11.8\u00a0years, we identified 268 first primary incident BTC cases. Of 49 biomarkers significantly associated with BTC risk, 12% were fatty acids, and 49%, 31%, and 8% were cholesterol, triglyceride, and phospholipid to total lipids ratios, respectively. Multiple cholesterol ratios were inversely associated with BTC (HR = 0.74; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.65-0.84; P\u00a0&amp;lt;\u00a06.0\u00a0\u00d7\u00a010-6). 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