Association of interleukin-6, ferritin, and lactate dehydrogenase with venous thromboembolism in COVID-19 : a systematic review and meta-analysis

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BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is frequntly accompanied by venous thromboembolism (VTE), and its mechanism may be related to the abnormal inflammation and immune status of COVID-19 patients. It has been proved that interleukin-6 (IL-6), ferritin and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) may play an important role in the occurrence of VTE in COVID-19 infection. But whether they can server as predictors for VTE in COVID-19 is still unclear. In this study, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare IL-6, ferritin and LDH in VTE and non-VTE COVID-19 patients in order to shed light on the prevention and treatment of VTE.

METHODS: Related literatures were searched in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Google Scholar, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WANGFANG. COVID-19 patients were divided into VTE group and non-VTE group. Meta-analysis was then conducted to compare levels of IL-6, ferritin and LDH between the two groups.

RESULTS: We finally included and analyzed 17 literatures from January 2019 to October 2022. There was a total of 7,035 COVID-19 patients, with a weighted mean age of 60.01 years. Males accounted for 62.64% and 61.34% patients were in intensive care unit (ICU). Weighted mean difference (WMD) of IL-6, ferritin and LDH was 31.15 (95% CI: 9.82, 52.49), 257.02 (95% CI: 51.70, 462.33) and 41.79 (95% CI: -19.38, 102.96), respectively. The above results indicated that than compared with non-VTE group, VTE group had significantly higher levels of IL-6 and ferritin but similar LDH.

CONCLUSION: This systematic review and meta-analysis pointed out that elevated levels of IL-6 and ferritin were significantly possitive associated with VTE, thus could be used as biological predictive indicators of VTE among COVID-19 patients. However, no association was found between level of LDH and VTE. Therefore, close monitoring of changes in IL-6 and ferritin concentrations is of great value in assisting clinicans to rapidly identify thrombotic complications among COVID-19 patients, hence facilitating the timely effective managment. Further studies are required in terms of the clinical role of cytokines in the occurrence of VTE among COVID-19 infection, with more reliable systematic controls and interventional trials.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC infectious diseases - 24(2024), 1 vom: 16. März, Seite 324

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Haiyu [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Ningjing [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Qixian [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qianyuan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jinghan [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Qiong [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xiangqi [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Suyun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-73-2
COVID-19
Cytokine storm
EC 1.1.1.27
Ferritin
Ferritins
IL-6
Interleukin-6
L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
LDH
Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review
Thrombosis prevention and anticoagulation therapy
VTE

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Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 19.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12879-024-09205-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369828178