Thrombocytopenia as a prognostic marker in COVID-19 patients: diagnostic test accuracy meta-analysis. (29th January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pranata, Raymond; Lim, Michael Anthonius; Yonas, Emir; Huang, Ian; Nasution, Sally Aman; Setiati, Siti; Alwi, Idrus; Kuswardhani, Raden Ayu Tuty
• Is Part Of: Epidemiology and infection. Volume 149(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-01-29
• Subjects: Coronavirus, -- mortality, -- platelet, -- severe, -- thrombocyte; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; 614.4
• DOI: 10.1017/S0950268821000236
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0950-2688

Abstract

Abstract: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate thrombocytopenia as a prognostic biomarker in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We performed a systematic literature search using PubMed, Embase and EuropePMC. The main outcome was composite poor outcome, a composite of mortality, severity, need for intensive care unit care and invasive mechanical ventilation. There were 8963 patients from 23 studies. Thrombocytopenia occurred in 18% of the patients. Male gender ( P = 0.037) significantly reduce the incidence. Thrombocytopenia was associated with composite poor outcome (RR 1.90 (1.43–2.52), P < 0.001; I 2 : 92.3%). Subgroup analysis showed that thrombocytopenia was associated with mortality (RR 2.34 (1.23–4.45), P < 0.001; I 2 : 96.8%) and severity (RR 1.61 (1.33–1.96), P < 0.001; I 2 : 62.4%). Subgroup analysis for cut-off <100 × 10 9 /l showed RR of 1.93 (1.37–2.72), P < 0.001; I 2 : 83.2%). Thrombocytopenia had a sensitivity of 0.26 (0.18–0.36), specificity of 0.89 (0.84–0.92), positive likelihood ratio of 2.3 (1.6–3.2), negative likelihood ratio of 0.83 (0.75–0.93), diagnostic odds ratio of 3 (2, 4) and area under curve of 0.70 (0.66–0.74) for composite poor outcome. Meta-regression analysis showed that the association between thrombocytopenia and poor outcome did not vary significantly with age, male, lymphocyte, d-dimer, hypertension, diabetes and CKD. Fagan's nomogram showed that the posterior probability of poor outcome was 50% in patients with thrombocytopenia, and 26% in those without thrombocytopenia. The Deek's funnel plot was relatively symmetrical and the quantitative asymmetry test was non-significant ( P = 0.14). This study indicates that thrombocytopenia was associated with poor outcome in patients with COVID-19. PROSPERO ID: CRD42020213974