Cystatin C Concentration During the First Three Postnatal Days in Healthy Term Newborns

Abstract

Objective Cystatin C (Cys-C) concentration has not been examined sufficiently among healthy newborn population, particularly in terms of reference values. This study aimed to establish gender-, postnatal age- and birth weight-specific Cys-C concentration for healthy term newborns. Its objective was also to examine if there were any differences between our measured concentration and the reference interval established by the CALIPER study.

Methods Serum samples from a total of 90 healthy term newborns were used to determine Cys-C concentration. Cys-C was measured within first three days of birth using particle-enhanced turbidimetric immunoassay (PETIA) on the Architect plus ci8200 analyzer.

Results Median concentration of the Cys-C was 2.05 mg/L. There were no statistically significant differences in Cys-C concentration regarding gender (p=0.779), birth weight (p=0.505), postnatal age (p=0.512) or Apgar score (p=0.799). The value of the 2.5th and 97.5th percentile for Cys-C concentrations for girls was 0.93–3.15 mg/L and for boys it was 1.5–3.36 mg/L.

Conclusion Cys-C concentration in healthy term newborns does not depend on gender, birth weight, postnatal age, or Apgar score. Our measured concentration range of CyS-C in healthy newborns turned out to be slightly wider than the interval determined in the CALIPER study.

Key words

Cystatin C - Newborn - Kidney - Reference values

Publication History

Received: 21 September 2021

Accepted: 10 December 2021

Article published online:
26 January 2022

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