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Objective To investigate the diagnostic and prognostic value of plasma soluble CD163 (sCD163) levels in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).Methods A total of 124 individuals,83 patients with ARDS,20 patients with cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE),and 21 healthy controls,were enrolled in this study.ARDS patients were classified into survivors and nonsurvivors according to 28-day mortality.The concentration of plasma sCD163 was measured by enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were employed to evaluate the accuracy of sCD163 in diagnosing ARDS and predicting 28-day ICU outcome.Cumulative survival curve was carried out by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis.Logistic regression analysis was assessed by univariate and multivariate analysis to identify independent predictors of outcome controlling for reported risk factor of mortality.Results Patients with ARDS had significantly higher median levels of sCD163 compared to patients with CPE [496.7(421.8-577.5) ng/mL vs.284.5(141.7-459.2) ng/mL,P＜0.001] upon admission to ICU.The sCD163 levels of non-survivors was significantly higher than that of survivors [577.5 (503.7-623.4) ng/mL vs.479.6 (395.4-520.8) ng/mL,P＜0.001].Multivariate logistic regression showed sCD163 (OR =1.02,P =0.001)was the independent predictor for 28-day mortality in patients with ARDS.Conclusions Plasma sCD163 is a potential biomarker for diagnosis of ARDS and differenting the severity of ARDS.Meanwhile,sCD163 was an independent prognostic marker for 28-day mortality in ARDS patients.