Early carbohydrate antigen 125 as a mortality predictor in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019

Copyright © 2022 Moreno-Perez, Nuñez, Sandin-Rollan, Arrarte, Boix, Reus, Pinargote-Celorio, Ribes, Alfayate, Llorca-Santos, Martinez-Garcia, Chico-Sánchez and Merino..

Background: Carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125) is an indicator of inflammation, immune response, and impaired cardiac function. The aim was to investigate whether CA125 behaves as a biomarker of severity and poor clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Methods: Serum CA125 [Elecsys CA125 II assay-(Roche Diagnostics GmbH)] was measured in stored biobank samples from COVID-19 hospitalized patients between 01 March 2020 and 17 October 2021. Multiple logistic regression models were built to explore the association between CA125 and clinical outcomes [in-hospital all-cause mortality, need for invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), or non-invasive respiratory support (non-IRS)], estimating odds ratios (ORs; 95% CI). The gradient of risk of CA125 was evaluated by fractional polynomials.

Results: A total of 691 patients were included, median age of 63 years (50-76), men (57.2%), with high comorbidity. At admission, 85.8% had pneumonia. Median CA125 was 10.33 U/ml (7.48-15.50). The in-hospital mortality rate was 7.2%. After adjusting for confounding factors, CA125 ≥ 15.5 U/ml (75th percentile) showed an increased risk of death [OR 2.85(1.21-6.71)], as age ≥ 65 years, diabetes, and immunosuppression. Furthermore, CA125 as a continuous variable was positive and significantly associated with the risk of death after multivariate adjustment. The mean hospital stay of the patients with CA125 ≥ 15.5 U/ml was longer than the rest of the study population.

Conclusion: CA125 in the first 72 h of hospital admission seems a useful biomarker of mortality in hospitalized patients with moderate-severe COVID-19. If our findings are confirmed, the wide availability of this biomarker would make easy its widespread implementation in clinical practice.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine - 9(2022) vom: 01., Seite 941512

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Moreno-Perez, Oscar [VerfasserIn]
Nuñez, Julio [VerfasserIn]
Sandin-Rollan, Miriam [VerfasserIn]
Arrarte, Vicente [VerfasserIn]
Boix, Vicente [VerfasserIn]
Reus, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Pinargote-Celorio, Hector [VerfasserIn]
Ribes, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Alfayate, Rocio [VerfasserIn]
Llorca-Santos, Maria Belen [VerfasserIn]
Martinez-Garcia, Maria Angeles [VerfasserIn]
Chico-Sánchez, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Merino, Esperanza [VerfasserIn]

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CA125
COVID-19
Hospitalized
Journal Article
Mortality
Risk factors

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Date Revised 08.11.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fcvm.2022.941512

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NLM348517548