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- Title
Multiples of Median-Transformed, Normalized Reference Ranges of Steroid Profiling Data Independent of Age, Sex, and Units.
- Authors
Zalas, Dominika; Reinehr, Thomas; Niedziela, Marek; Borzikowsky, Christoph; Flader, Maciej; Simic-Schleicher, Gunter; Akkurt, Halit Ilker; Heger, Sabine; Hornig, Nadine; Holterhus, Paul-Martin; Kulle, Alexandra E.
- Abstract
<bold><italic>Background/Aims:</italic></bold> The high complexity of pediatric reference ranges across age, sex, and units impairs clinical application and comparability of steroid hormone data, e.g., in congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). We developed a multiples-of-median (MoM) normalization tool to overcome this major drawback in pediatric endocrinology. <bold><italic>Methods:</italic></bold> Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry data comprising 10 steroid hormones representing 905 controls (555 males, 350 females, 0 to > 16 years) from 2 previous datasets were MoM transformed across age and sex. Twenty-three genetically proven CAH patients were included (21-hydroxylase deficiency [21OHD], <italic>n</italic> = 19; 11β-hydroxylase deficiency [11OHD], <italic>n</italic> = 4). MoM cutoffs for single steroids predicting 21OHD and 11OHD were computed and validated through new, independent patients (21OHD, <italic>n</italic> = 8; adrenal cortical carcinoma, <italic>n</italic> = 6; obesity, <italic>n</italic> = 40). <bold><italic>Results:</italic></bold> 21OHD and 11OHD patients showed disease-typical, easily recognizable MoM patterns independent of age, sex, and concentration units. Two single-steroid cutoffs indicated 21OHD: 3.87 MoM for 17-hydroxyprogesterone (100% sensitivity and 98.83% specificity) and 12.28 MoM for 21-deoxycortisol (94.74% sensitivity and 100% specificity). A cutoff of 13.18 MoM for 11-deoxycortisol indicated 11OHD (100% sensitivity and 100% specificity). <bold><italic>Conclusions:</italic></bold> Age- and sex-independent MoMs are straightforward for a clinically relevant display of multi-steroid patterns. In addition, defined single-steroid MoMs can serve alone as predictors of 21OHD and 11OHD. Finally, MoM transformation offers substantial enhancement of routine and scientific steroid hormone data exchange due to improved comparability.
- Subjects
STEROID hormones; ADRENOGENITAL syndrome; LIQUID chromatography-mass spectrometry
- Publication
Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 2018, Vol 89, Issue 4, p255
- ISSN
1663-2818
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000488028