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J Clin Lab Anal
. 2020 Nov 18;e23654.
doi: 10.1002/jcla.23654. Online ahead of print.
Cardiac injury is associated with inflammation in geriatric COVID-19 patients
Xu Yan[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Shuang Wang[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Piyong Ma[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Bo Yang[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Daoyuan Si[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Guohui Liu[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Long Liu[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Mei Ding[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Wen Yang[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Jiayu Li[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Huan Sun[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Ping Yang[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Background: Geriatric patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are at high risk of developing cardiac injury. Identifying the factors that affect high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I may indicate the cause of cardiac injury in elderly patients, and this could hopefully assist in protecting heart function in this patient population.
Methods: One hundred and eighty inpatients who were admitted for COVID-19 were screened. Patients older than 60 years were included in this study, and the clinical characteristics and laboratory results of the cohort were analyzed. The correlation between cardiac injury and clinical/laboratory variables was statistically analyzed, and further logistic regression was performed to determine how these variables influence cardiac injury in geriatric patients.
Results: Age (p < 0.001) significantly correlated with cardiac injury, whereas sex (p = 0.372) and coexisting diseases did not. Rising procalcitonin (p = 0.001), interleukin-2 receptor (p < 0.001), interleukin 6 (p = 0.001), interleukin 10 (p < 0.001), tumor necrosis factor α (p = 0.001), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (p = 0.001), D-dimer (p < 0.001), white blood cells (p < 0.001), neutrophils (p = 0.001), declining lymphocytes (p < 0.001), and natural killer cells (p = 0.005) were associated with cardiac injury and showed predictive ability in the multivariate logistic regression.
Conclusion: Our results suggest that age and inflammatory factors influence cardiac injury in elderly patients. Interfering with inflammation in this patient population may potentially confer cardiac protection.
Keywords: COVID-19; cardiac injury; elderly patient; inflammation; troponin.
. 2020 Nov 18;e23654.
doi: 10.1002/jcla.23654. Online ahead of print.
Cardiac injury is associated with inflammation in geriatric COVID-19 patients
Xu Yan[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Shuang Wang[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Piyong Ma[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Bo Yang[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Daoyuan Si[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Guohui Liu[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Long Liu[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Mei Ding[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Wen Yang[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Jiayu Li[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Huan Sun[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Ping Yang[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33210392
- DOI: 10.1002/jcla.23654
Abstract
Background: Geriatric patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are at high risk of developing cardiac injury. Identifying the factors that affect high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I may indicate the cause of cardiac injury in elderly patients, and this could hopefully assist in protecting heart function in this patient population.
Methods: One hundred and eighty inpatients who were admitted for COVID-19 were screened. Patients older than 60 years were included in this study, and the clinical characteristics and laboratory results of the cohort were analyzed. The correlation between cardiac injury and clinical/laboratory variables was statistically analyzed, and further logistic regression was performed to determine how these variables influence cardiac injury in geriatric patients.
Results: Age (p < 0.001) significantly correlated with cardiac injury, whereas sex (p = 0.372) and coexisting diseases did not. Rising procalcitonin (p = 0.001), interleukin-2 receptor (p < 0.001), interleukin 6 (p = 0.001), interleukin 10 (p < 0.001), tumor necrosis factor α (p = 0.001), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (p = 0.001), D-dimer (p < 0.001), white blood cells (p < 0.001), neutrophils (p = 0.001), declining lymphocytes (p < 0.001), and natural killer cells (p = 0.005) were associated with cardiac injury and showed predictive ability in the multivariate logistic regression.
Conclusion: Our results suggest that age and inflammatory factors influence cardiac injury in elderly patients. Interfering with inflammation in this patient population may potentially confer cardiac protection.
Keywords: COVID-19; cardiac injury; elderly patient; inflammation; troponin.