TY - JOUR
T1 - Circulating osteopontin levels and outcomes in patients hospitalized for COVID-19
AU - Hayek, Salim S.
AU - Roderburg, Christoph
AU - Blakely, Pennelope
AU - Launius, Christopher
AU - Eugen-Olsen, Jesper
AU - Tacke, Frank
AU - Ktena, Sofia
AU - Keitel, Verena
AU - Luedde, Mark
AU - Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Evangelos J.
AU - Luedde, Tom
AU - Loosen, Sven H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - Background: Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the result of a hyper-inflam matory reaction to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The biomarkers of inflammation have been used to risk-stratify patients with COVID-19. Osteopontin (OPN) is an integrin-binding glyco-phosphoprotein involved in the modulation of leukocyte activation; its levels are associated with worse outcomes in patients with sepsis. Whether OPN levels predict outcomes in COVID-19 is unknown. Methods: We measured OPN levels in serum of 341 hospitalized COVID-19 patients collected within 48 h from admission. We characterized the determinants of OPN levels and examined their association with in-hospital outcomes; notably death, need for mechanical ventilation, and need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) and as a composite outcome. The risk discrimination ability of OPN was compared with other inflammatory biomarkers. Results: Patients with COVID-19 (mean age 60, 61.9% male, 27.0% blacks) had significantly higher levels of serum OPN compared to healthy volunteers (96.63 vs. 16.56 ng/mL, p < 0.001). Overall, 104 patients required mechanical ventilation, 35 needed dialysis, and 53 died during their hospitalization. In multivariable analyses, OPN levels ≥140.66 ng/mL (third tertile) were associated with a 3.5 × (95%CI 1.44–8.27) increase in the odds of death, and 4.9 × (95%CI 2.48–9.80) increase in the odds of requiring mechanical ventilation. There was no association between OPN and need for RRT. Finally, OPN levels in the upper tertile turned out as an independent prognostic factor of event-free survival with respect to the composite endpoint. Conclusion: Higher OPN levels are associated with increased odds of death and mechanical ventilation in patients with COVID-19, however, their utility in triage is questionable.
AB - Background: Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the result of a hyper-inflam matory reaction to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The biomarkers of inflammation have been used to risk-stratify patients with COVID-19. Osteopontin (OPN) is an integrin-binding glyco-phosphoprotein involved in the modulation of leukocyte activation; its levels are associated with worse outcomes in patients with sepsis. Whether OPN levels predict outcomes in COVID-19 is unknown. Methods: We measured OPN levels in serum of 341 hospitalized COVID-19 patients collected within 48 h from admission. We characterized the determinants of OPN levels and examined their association with in-hospital outcomes; notably death, need for mechanical ventilation, and need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) and as a composite outcome. The risk discrimination ability of OPN was compared with other inflammatory biomarkers. Results: Patients with COVID-19 (mean age 60, 61.9% male, 27.0% blacks) had significantly higher levels of serum OPN compared to healthy volunteers (96.63 vs. 16.56 ng/mL, p < 0.001). Overall, 104 patients required mechanical ventilation, 35 needed dialysis, and 53 died during their hospitalization. In multivariable analyses, OPN levels ≥140.66 ng/mL (third tertile) were associated with a 3.5 × (95%CI 1.44–8.27) increase in the odds of death, and 4.9 × (95%CI 2.48–9.80) increase in the odds of requiring mechanical ventilation. There was no association between OPN and need for RRT. Finally, OPN levels in the upper tertile turned out as an independent prognostic factor of event-free survival with respect to the composite endpoint. Conclusion: Higher OPN levels are associated with increased odds of death and mechanical ventilation in patients with COVID-19, however, their utility in triage is questionable.
KW - Coronavirus disease 2019
KW - CRP
KW - Death
KW - Mechanical ventilation
KW - OPN
KW - Outcomes
KW - PCT
KW - Procalcitonin
KW - Renal replacement therapy
KW - Risk prediction
KW - SARS-CoV-2
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U2 - 10.3390/jcm10173907
DO - 10.3390/jcm10173907
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85113847417
SN - 2077-0383
VL - 10
JO - Journal of Clinical Medicine
JF - Journal of Clinical Medicine
IS - 17
M1 - 3907
ER -