Sex and Population-Specific 99th Percentiles of Troponin for Myocardial Infarction in the Danish Population (DANSPOT)

Rasmus Bo Hasselbalch*, Nicoline Jørgensen, Jonas Kristensen, Nina Strandkjær, Thilde Olivia Kock, Theis Lange, Sisse Rye Ostrowski, Janna Nissen, Margit Hørup Larsen, Ole Birger Vesterager Pedersen, Mustafa Vakur Bor, Shoaib Afzal, Pia Rørbæk Kamstrup, Morten Dahl, Linda Hilsted, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Henning Bundgaard, Kasper Karmark Iversen

*Corresponding author for this work

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Sex- and population-specific 99th percentiles of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) are recommended in guidelines although the evidence for a clinical utility is sparse. The DANSPOT trial will investigate the clinical effect of sex- and population-specific 99th percentiles of cTn. We report the 99th percentiles derived from this trial and their dependency on kidney function.

METHODS: We used samples from healthy Danish blood donors and measured hemoglobin A1c, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and creatinine, and calculated an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). We compared 2 cutoffs for the eGFR of healthy participants (60 vs 90 mL/min/1.73 m2). The cTn assays investigated were Siemens Atellica and Dimension Vista hs-cTnI, Abbott hs-cTnI, and Roche hs-cTnT.

RESULTS: A total of 2287 participants were sampled, of which 71 (3.1%) were excluded due to a history of heart disease (n = 4), insufficient material (n = 7), or a screening biomarker (n = 60). Of the remaining 2216 participants, 1325 (59.8%) had an eGFR ≥90 mL/min/1.73 m2. Compared to a cutoff of 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for eGFR, using 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 resulted in lower 99th percentiles for females; Siemens Vista (46 vs 70 ng/L), Abbott (14 vs 18 ng/L), and Roche cTnT (10 vs 13 ng/L), and decreased the number of measurements above the manufacturers' 99th percentiles for all assays.

CONCLUSIONS: We present reference values for 4 cTn assays for eGFR cutoffs of 60 and 90 mL/min/1.73 m2. These cutoffs differ based on the eGFR threshold for inclusion indicating that any chosen cutoff is also valuable with moderately reduced kidney function.

Original languageEnglish
JournalThe Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine
ISSN2576-9456
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 29 Aug 2024

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