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Table 1 Description of all studies included

From: Cardiac biomarkers in acute respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Cardiac biomarker

Type of study

No patients

Mean age

Baseline illness severity score

Mortality outcome

Overall mortality rate (%)

Biomarker cut-point (method determined)

Unadjusted results

Adjusted results

Adjusted variables

Bajwa 2008 [14]

NT-proBNP

Prospective cohort

177

60.1

APACHE III: 79.6

60 day

40

6813 pg/ml (ROC)

OR: 4.24 (CI 2.17-8.27)

OR: 2.36 (CI 1.11-4.99)

Age, APACHE III

Park 2011 [15]

NT-proBNP

Prospective cohort

49

64

APACHE II: 22

SOFA: 8

28 day

63.26

NA

Median value in survivors vs non-survivors (3999 vs 2819, p=0.719)

NA

NA

Lai 2017 [16]

NT-proBNP

Prospective cohort

61

65

APACHE II: 23 SOFA: 11

28 day

55.7

NA

HR: 1.006 (1.002–1.010) p=0.002

HR: 1.009 (CI 1.004–1.013)

Age, APACHE II

Lin 2012 [17]

NT-proBNP

Prospective cohort

87

61

APACHE II: 20

30 day

31

2417 pg/ml (ROC)

HR: 2.52 (1.58-3.67) p=0.021

2.18 (1.54-4.46) p=0.026

APACHE II, LIS Cr, copeptin, increase in copeptin, increase in BNP

Zhou 2015 [18]

NT-proBNP

Prospective cohort

87

47.1

APACHE II: 22.78

28 day

32.2

333.92 pg/ml (ROC)

Median value in survivors vs non-survivors (231.59 vs299.98, p<0.05)

HR: 1.925 (CI 1.512-3.026) p<0.05

APACHE II, Murray score, extrapulmonary organ failures, oxygenation index

Ji 2016 [19]

NT-proBNP

Prospective cohort

80

NR

NR

28 day

37.5

NA

Median value in survivors vs non-survivors (3414 vs 5212, p<0.01)

NA

NA

Xu 2013 [20]

NT-proBNP

Prospective cohort

50

49.0

NR

28 day

20

335 pg/ml (ROC)

ROC AUC 0.96 Sn 80%, Sp 92.5%

Median value in survivors vs non-survivors (237.64 vs 287.86, p<0.01)

NA

NA

Su 2018 [21]

NT-proBNP

Prospective cohort

51

49.3

APACHE II: 22.86

28 day

47.6

NR

ROC AUC 0.832 Sn 79.2%, Sp 74.1%

Median value in survivors vs non-survivors (2868 vs 3881, p<0.05)

NA

NA

Ferris 2019 [22]

NT-proBNP

Retrospective analysis of RCT

262

55.7

SOFA: 8.54

28 day

27

751.553 pg/ml

(median)

OR: 1.93 (CI 1.27-2.92), patients randomised to simvastatin with high BNP had lower mortality than placebo.

NA

NA

Bonizzoli 2018 [23]

NT-proBNP

Trop-I

Prospective cohort

30

58

SAPS II: 43.2

ICU

33.3

NA

Median value in survivors vs non-survivors (NT-proBNP 1250 vs 3091 p= 0.009, Trop-I 0.12 vs 0.32 p= 0.04)

NA

NA

Nassar 2010 [24]

NT-proBNP

Trop-I

TropT

Prospective cohort

20

58.9

NR

30 day

65

NT-proBNP: 1200 pg/mL, Tn-I 1.5 ng/mL, Tn-T 0.5 ng/mL.

Median value in survivors vs non-survivors (NT-proBNP 712.0 vs 8975.9, Trop-I 0.2 vs 4.75, Trop-T 0 vs 0.51 p<0.001 for all three biomarkers), NT-proBNP sn 92%, sp 100%, Trop-I sn 100%, sp 57%, Trop-T sn 100%, sp 43%

NA

NA

Sun 2015 [25]

BNP

Prospective cohort

59

58.4

NR

28 day

30.5

NA

Mean value in survivors vs non-survivors (128.99 SD45.2 vs 267.07 SD 45.06, p <0.01)

NA

NA

Semler 2016 [26]

BNP

Retrospective analysis of RCT

625

49.4

APACHE III: 93.25

60 day

21.76

825 pg/ml

(median)

OR: 0.927 (CI 0.811-1.062)

NA

NA

Cepkova 2011 [27]

BNP

Prospective cohort

42

62

SAPS II: 45 APACHE II: 21

30 day

36

NA

Median value in survivors vs non-survivors (385 vs 420 pg/ml, p=0.71)

NA

NA

Karmpaliotis 2007 [28]

BNP

Prospective cohort

51

62

APACHE II: 20

In-hospital mortality

42.4

NA

Mortality in lowest tertile vs highest tertile BNP (26.1% vs 60.9% p=0.07)

NA

NA

Rhee 2007 [29]

BNP

Prospective cohort

47

65.7

APACHE II: 21

30 day

63.8

585 pg/ml

Median value in survivors vs non-survivors (219.5 vs 492.3 pg/ml p=0.013)

Sn 43% Sp 94%

NA

NA

Lin 2010 [30]

BNP

Prospective cohort

86

NR

NR

14 day

63.9

329.5 pg/ml (ROC)

Median value in survivors vs non-survivors (179.5 vs 550.8 pg/ml p<0.01)

ROC AUC 0.96 Sn 80%, Sp 92.5% at cut-off 335 pg/ml

NA

NA

Rivara 2012 [31]

Trop-T

Prospective cohort

177

62.1

APACHE III: 79.72

60 day

39.5

0.036 ng/mL (ROC)

HR 1.33 (CI 1.10–1.62) [p=0.003]

Median in survivors vs non-survivors (0.022 vs 0.042 p=0.008)

HR: 1.44 (CI 1.14-1.81) [p=0.002]

Daily MODS, VFDs

Bajwa 2007 [32]

Trop-T

Prospective cohort

248

61.5

APACHE III: 82.4

60 day

47

0.09 ng/mL

(PD)

OR: 4 1.72 (CI 1.02-2.90) [p=0.04]

ROC AUC Trop-T 0.63

OR: 1.48 (CI 0.82-2.69) [p=0.19]

APACHE III, presence of septic shock, Cr, diabetes

Lazzeri 2016 [33]

Trop-I

Prospective cohort

42

55.5

SAPS II: 39.7

ICU

47.6

<0.1 ng/ml (PD)

Mortality in high vs low Trop-I (56.25% vs 42.3% p= NS)

NA

NA

Austin 2009 [34]

Trop-I

CKMBI

Retrospective cohort

51

62.3

NR

ICU

43

Tn-I: 0.59ng/mL CKMBI: 5 (PD)

Mortality in high vs low Trop-I (42.8% vs 43.3% p=0.973)

NA

NA

Metkus 2017 [35]

HS-Trop-I

Retrospective analysis of RCT

1057

50.4

SOFA: 7.7

60 day

28

NA

HR: 1.57 (1.17-2.11) [0.003] comparing 1st with 5th quintile

HR: 1.01 (CI 0.73-1.39) [p=0.94]

Age, sex, randomised trial assignment (for unadjusted), further adjusted for SOFA, vasopressors, heart rate

  1. NT-proBNP N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide, Trop-T Troponin-T, Trop-I Troponin-I, BNP Brain natriuretic peptide, CKMBI Creatine kinase MB index, HS-Trop-I High sensitivity Troponin I, RCT Randomised controlled trial, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, NR Not reported, SAPS Simplified acute physiology score, ROC Receiver operating characteristics curve, OR Odds ratio, HR Hazard ratio, AUC Area under the curve, SD Standard deviations, Sn Sensitivity, Sp Specificity, MODS Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome, VFDs Ventilator free days