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SynthesisDisease markers2021

Prognostic Value of Soluble Suppression of Tumorigenicity 2 in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: A Meta-Analysis.

Guangying Guo, Aoran Huang, Xin Huang, Tianhua Xu, Li Yao

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Synthesis in Disease markers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Cardiac Biomarkers in Chronic Kidney Disease: Signal or Noise?Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Guangying GuoDepartment of Nephrology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 North Nanjing Street, Heping District, Shenyang 110000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7973-395X
Aoran HuangDepartment of Nephrology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 North Nanjing Street, Heping District, Shenyang 110000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3201-838X
Xin HuangDepartment of Nephrology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 North Nanjing Street, Heping District, Shenyang 110000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5192-4906
Tianhua XuDepartment of Nephrology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 North Nanjing Street, Heping District, Shenyang 110000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4831-0609
Li YaoDepartment of Nephrology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 North Nanjing Street, Heping District, Shenyang 110000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3979-3832

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePrevious studies have controversial results about the prognostic role of soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Therefore, we conduct this meta-analysis to access the association between sST2 and all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, and CVD events in patients with CKD.

methodsThe publication studies on the association of sST2 with all-cause mortality, CVD mortality, and CVD events from PubMed and Embase were searched through August 2020. We pooled the hazard ratio (HR) comparing high versus low levels of sST2 and subgroup analysis based on treatment, continent, and diabetes mellitus (DM) proportion, and sample size was also performed.

resultsThere were 15 eligible studies with 11,063 CKD patients that were included in our meta-analysis. Elevated level of sST2 was associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality (HR 2.05; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.51-2.78), CVD mortality (HR 1.68; 95% CI, 1.35-2.09), total CVD events (HR 1.88; 95% CI, 1.26-2.80), and HF (HR 1.35; 95% CI, 1.11-1.64). Subgroup analysis based on continent, DM percentage, and sample size showed that these factors did not influence the prognostic role of sST2 levels to all-cause mortality.

conclusionsOur results show that high levels of sST2 could predict the all-cause mortality, CVD mortality, and CVD events in CKD patients.

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AdultAgedBiomarkersCardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes ComplicationsDiabetes MellitusHumansInterleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 ProteinMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsRenal Insufficiency, ChronicBiomarkersIL1RL1 protein, humanInterleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 Protein

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PMID33574967
PMCPMC7857877

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