Raised FGF23 Correlates to Increased Mortality in Critical Illness, Independent of Vitamin D

Onn Shaun Thein; Naeman Akbar Ali; Rahul Y Mahida; Rachel C A Dancer; Marlies Ostermann; Karin Amrein; Gennaro Martucci; Aaron Scott; David R Thickett; Dhruv Parekh

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Raised FGF23 Correlates to Increased Mortality in Critical Illness, Independent of Vitamin D

Onn Shaun Thein, Naeman Akbar Ali, Rahul Y Mahida, Rachel C A Dancer, Marlies Ostermann, Karin Amrein, Gennaro Martucci, Aaron Scott, David R Thickett, Dhruv Parekh

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BACKGROUND: Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF23) is an endocrine hormone classically associated with the homeostasis of vitamin D, phosphate, and calcium. Elevated serum FGF23 is a known independent risk factor for mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. We aimed to determine if there was a similar relationship between FGF23 levels and mortality in critically ill patients.

METHODS: Plasma FGF23 levels were measured by ELISA in two separate cohorts of patients receiving vitamin D supplementation: critical illness patients (VITdAL-ICU trial, n = 475) and elective oesophagectomy patients (VINDALOO trial, n = 76). Mortality data were recorded at 30 and 180 days or at two years, respectively. FGF23 levels in a healthy control cohort were also measured ( n = 27).

RESULTS: Elevated FGF23 (quartile 4 vs. quartiles 1-3) was associated with increased short-term (30 and 180 day) mortality in critical illness patients ( p < 0.001) and long-term (two-year) mortality in oesophagectomy patients ( p = 0.0149). Patients who died had significantly higher FGF23 levels than those who survived: In the critical illness cohort, those who died had 1194.6 pg/mL (range 0-14,000), while those who survived had 120.4 pg/mL (range = 15-14,000) ( p = 0.0462). In the oesophagectomy cohort, those who died had 1304 pg/mL (range = 154-77,800), while those who survived had 644 pg/mL (range = 179-54,894) ( p < 0.001). This was found to be independent of vitamin D or CKD status (critical illness p = 0.3507; oesophagectomy p = 0.3800). FGF23 levels in healthy controls were similar to those seen in oesophagectomy patients ( p = 0.4802).

CONCLUSIONS: Elevated baseline serum FGF23 is correlated with increased mortality in both the post-oesophagectomy cohort and the cohort of patients with critical illness requiring intensive care admission. This was independent of vitamin D status, supplementation, or CKD status, which suggests the presence of vitamin D-independent mechanisms of FGF23 action during the acute and convalescent stages of critical illness, warranting further investigation.

Original language	English
Article number	309
Number of pages	12
Journal	Biology
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12020309
Publication status	Published - 14 Feb 2023

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Funding:
OST/DT/DP: Birmingham Health Partners, NA/AS/DT/DP: Chernakovsky Foundation, DT/DP: Health Technology Assessment (NIHR17/147/33), DT/AS/DP: Health Technology Assessment (NIHR129593), AS/DT/DP: Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (NIHR131600), AS/DT: Asthma + Lung UK (MCFPHD20F\2), DT/AS: Medical Research Council (MR/S002782/1; MR/J011266/1; G1100196), RYM: Medical Research Council (MR/X000338/1), KA: Fresenius Kabi (Germany), and the Austrian National Bank (Jubiläumsfonds, Project Nr. 14143).

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FGF23
critical illness
intensive care

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