Low homoarginine/SDMA ratio is associated with poor short- and long-term outcome after stroke in two prospective studies

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2020
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  • BACKGROUND: Guanidino compounds, including asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA), and L-homoarginine (hArg), have been associated with cardio- and cerebrovascular events and risk. We aimed to study if low hArg/ADMA and hArg/SDMA ratios are associated with mortality and outcome after stroke.

    METHODS: In two prospective cohorts of acute stroke patients from Germany and the UK, we analyzed hArg, ADMA, and SDMA to determine hArg/ADMA and hArg/SDMA ratios. The guanidino compound levels were associated with mortality, adverse events, and neurological impairment, i.e., National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and modified Rankin Scale (mRS).

    RESULTS: During 7.4 years, high hArg/ADMA and hArg/SDMA ratios were both associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality in patients with ischemic stroke in a UK stroke cohort (hArg/ADMA: hazard ratio (HR) 0.75 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.62-0.92]; n = 394; P = 0.006; hArg/SDMA: HR 0.68 [0.54-0.85]; n = 394; P = 0.001). In a German stroke cohort, patients with high hArg/SDMA ratio experienced fewer adverse events compared with those with low hArg/SDMA ratios within 30 days after stroke (HR 0.73 [0.57-0.92]; n = 135; P = 0.009), whereas hArg/ADMA was not predictive. Furthermore, hArg/SDMA ratios inversely correlated with the degree of neurological impairment (NIHSS) (r = - 0.27; P = 0.001; n = 138). Lower hArg/SDMA ratios were also found in dependent (mRS 3-6) compared with independent patients (mRS < 3; P = 0.007; n = 138), whereas hArg/ADMA did not.

    CONCLUSION: These results from two prospective stroke studies reveal that hArg/SDMA ratio could prove a valuable blood-based biomarker to discriminate patients with poor short- and long-term outcome, increased neurological impairment, and severe disability after stroke.

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