Age- and sex-specific 99th percentile upper reference limits for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in Chinese older people: Real-world data mining.

Autor: Zhang Q; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, P.R. China., Chen H; Department of Biological Products, Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission, Beijing, P.R. China., Wang M; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, P.R. China., Lai H; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, P.R. China., Liu W; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, P.R. China., Wang L; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, P.R. China., Zhang J; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, P.R. China., Li C; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, P.R. China. Electronic address: 13810424406@163.com., Zhou W; National Center for Clinical Laboratories, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Hospital/National Center of Gerontology, P.R. China. Electronic address: wyzhou@nccl.org.cn.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical biochemistry [Clin Biochem] 2024 May; Vol. 127-128, pp. 110762. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 04.
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2024.110762
Abstrakt: Background: This study aims to investigate the impact of age and sex on high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) and establish 99th percentile upper reference limits (URLs) in older individuals utilizing large-scale real-world data.
Methods: 40,530 outpatient hs-cTnT results were obtained from the laboratory database from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2023. Our study included 4,199 elderly outpatients (aged ≥ 60) without cardiovascular disease or other heart-related chronic conditions. Nested analysis of variance was used to explore the necessity of partitioning reference intervals (RIs) by sex and age groups. RIs were established by the refineR algorithm and assessed based on ≤ 10% test results of validation data set outside the new RIs.
Results: RIs for hs-cTnT in the older population needed to be partitioned by sex and age groups ([standard deviation ratio] SDR age  = 0.75; SDR sex  = 0.49). URLs in older Chinese adults were 21.8 ng/L for males, 16.5 ng/L for females, and 20.7 ng/L for the overall participant group. URLs for males aged 60-69, 70-79, and ≥ 80 were 13.7, 19.4, and 31.0 ng/L, respectively. Female values were 10.1, 17.2, and 22.0 ng/L. Importantly, manufacturer-reported RIs do not suffice for Chinese individuals aged ≥ 70. Validation data showed that 2.7-5.2% of test results fell outside the new RIs, confirming the validity of the results.
Conclusion: This study establishes age- and sex-specific 99th percentile URLs for hs-cTnT in Chinese older individuals, thereby enhancing the accuracy of clinical assessments.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE