Integrating serum microRNAs and electronic health records improved the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
J Clin Lab Anal
; 35(8): e23871, 2021 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1361198
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
To verify the differential expression of miR-30c and miR-142-3p between tuberculosis patients and healthy controls and to investigate the performance of microRNA (miRNA) and subsequently models for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB).METHODS:
We followed up 460 subjects suspected of TB, and finally enrolled 132 patients, including 60 TB patients, 24 non-TB disease controls (TB-DCs), and 48 healthy controls (HCs). The differential expression of miR-30c and miR-142-3p in serum samples of the TB patients, TB-DCs, and HCs were identified by reverse transcription-quantitative real-time PCR. Diagnostic models were developed by analyzing the characteristics of miRNA and electronic health records (EHRs). These models evaluated by the area under the curves (AUC) and calibration curves were presented as nomograms.RESULTS:
There were differential expression of miR-30c and miR-142-3p between TB patients and HCs (p < 0.05). Individual miRNA has a limited diagnostic value for TB. However, diagnostic performance has been both significantly improved when we integrated miR-142-3p and ordinary EHRs to develop two models for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. The AUC of the model for distinguishing tuberculosis patients from healthy controls has increased from 0.75 (95% CI 0.66-0.84) to 0.96 (95% CI 0.92-0.99) and the model for distinguishing tuberculosis patients from non-TB disease controls has increased from 0.67 (95% CI 0.55-0.79) to 0.94 (95% CI 0.89-0.99).CONCLUSIONS:
Integrating serum miR-142-3p and EHRs is a good strategy for improving TB diagnosis.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
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MicroRNAs
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Nomograms
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Electronic Health Records
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
J Clin Lab Anal
Journal subject:
Laboratory Techniques and procedures
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jcla.23871
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