Serum tissue inhibitor of MMP-1 levels at any moment of the first week of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage may predict early mortality.
Leonardo LorenteMaría M MartínAntonia Pérez-CejasAgustín F González-RiveroRafael SabatelLuis Ramos-GómezMónica ArguesoJordi Solé-ViolánJuan J CáceresAlejandro JiménezPublished in: Biomarkers in medicine (2021)
Aim: To determine whether serum levels of MMP-9 and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMP)-1 during the first week after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (SIH) could be used for mortality prediction. Materials & methods: We included 117 patients with severe supratentorial SIH (defined as Glasgow Coma Scale <9). We determined serum concentrations of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 at days 1, 4 and 8 of severe SIH diagnosis. Results: The area under curve of serum TIMP-1 concentrations at days 1, 4 and 8 to predict 30-day mortality of 75% (p < 0.001), 82% (p < 0.001) and 73% (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Thus, the novel findings of our study were that serum levels of TIMP-1 during the first week of SIH may be used for mortality prediction.