Background:The levels of ghrelin and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) are considered biological markers of congenital heart diseases (CHD).The present meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the clinical signifi...Background:The levels of ghrelin and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) are considered biological markers of congenital heart diseases (CHD).The present meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the clinical significance of serum levels of ghrelin and TNF-α in children with (CHD).Methods:Chinese and English scientific literature databases were searched to retrieve published studies relevant to ghrelin,TNF-α and CHD.Manual search was additionally employed to identify other relevant studies from cross-references.The retrieved studies were screened on the basis of our stringent inclusion and exclusion criteria to select high quality case-control studies for meta-analysis.Results:We initially retrieved 108 published studies (20 in Chinese and 88 in English) from database searches.Finally,6 case-control studies (5 in English and 1 in Chinese) were enrolled in our meta-analysis,and contained a total of 160 cyanotic congenital heart disease (CCHD) patients and 215 acyanotic congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients,along with 162 healthy controls.The results of meta-analysis showed that serum levels of ghrelin and TNF-α in CCHD or ACHD children were significantly higher than those in healthy controls.Conclusion:Our meta-analysis results showed that serum levels of ghrelin and TNF-α are elevated in children with CHD,and could be used as effective biologic markers in early diagnosis of CHD.展开更多
文摘Background:The levels of ghrelin and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) are considered biological markers of congenital heart diseases (CHD).The present meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the clinical significance of serum levels of ghrelin and TNF-α in children with (CHD).Methods:Chinese and English scientific literature databases were searched to retrieve published studies relevant to ghrelin,TNF-α and CHD.Manual search was additionally employed to identify other relevant studies from cross-references.The retrieved studies were screened on the basis of our stringent inclusion and exclusion criteria to select high quality case-control studies for meta-analysis.Results:We initially retrieved 108 published studies (20 in Chinese and 88 in English) from database searches.Finally,6 case-control studies (5 in English and 1 in Chinese) were enrolled in our meta-analysis,and contained a total of 160 cyanotic congenital heart disease (CCHD) patients and 215 acyanotic congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients,along with 162 healthy controls.The results of meta-analysis showed that serum levels of ghrelin and TNF-α in CCHD or ACHD children were significantly higher than those in healthy controls.Conclusion:Our meta-analysis results showed that serum levels of ghrelin and TNF-α are elevated in children with CHD,and could be used as effective biologic markers in early diagnosis of CHD.
