Association between markers of immune response at hospital admission and COVID-19 disease severity and mortality : A meta-analysis and meta-regression

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BACKGROUND: To determine the utility of admission laboratory markers in the assessment and prognostication of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), a systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted on the association between admission laboratory values in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and subsequent disease severity and mortality.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Searches were conducted in MEDLINE, Pubmed, Embase, and the WHO Global Research Database from December 1,2019 to May 1, 2020 for relevant articles. A random effects meta-analysis was used to calculate the weighted mean difference (WMD) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) for each of 27 laboratory markers. The impact of age and sex on WMDs was estimated using meta-regression techniques for 11 markers.

RESULTS: In total, 64 studies met the inclusion criteria. The most marked WMDs were for neutrophils (ANC) at 3.82 × 109 /L (2.76, 4.87), lymphocytes (ALC) at -0.34 × 109 /L (-0.45, -0.23), interleukin-6 (IL-6) at 32.59 pg/mL (23.99, 41.19), ferritin at 814.14 ng/mL (551.48, 1076.81), C-reactive protein (CRP) at 66.11 mg/L (52.16, 80.06), D-dimer at 5.74 mg/L (3.91, 7.58), LDH at 232.41 U/L (178.31, 286.52), and high sensitivity troponin I at 90.47 pg/mL (47.79, 133.14) when comparing fatal to nonfatal cases. Similar trends were observed comparing severe to non-severe groups. There were no statistically significant associations between age or sex and WMD for any of the markers included in the meta-regression.

CONCLUSION: The results highlight that hyper inflammation, blunted adaptive immune response, and intravascular coagulation play key roles in the pathogenesis of COVID-19. Markers of these processes are good candidates to identify patients for early intervention and, importantly, are likely reliable regardless of age or sex in adult patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:93

Enthalten in:

Journal of medical virology - 93(2021), 2 vom: 12. Feb., Seite 1078-1098

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khinda, Jaskaran [VerfasserIn]
Janjua, Naveed Z [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Shannon [VerfasserIn]
van den Heuvel, Edwin R [VerfasserIn]
Bhatti, Parveen [VerfasserIn]
Darvishian, Maryam [VerfasserIn]

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9007-41-4
Biomarkers
C-Reactive Protein
COVID-19
Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products
Fibrin fragment D
Journal Article
Laboratory values
Meta-Analysis
Meta-analysis
Meta-regression
Systematic review

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Date Completed 14.01.2021

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jmv.26411

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NLM313514658