Development of a long noncoding RNA-based machine learning model to predict COVID-19 in-hospital mortality

  • Yvan Devaux*
  • , Lu Zhang
  • , Andrew I. Lumley
  • , Kanita Karaduzovic-Hadziabdic
  • , Vincent Mooser
  • , Simon Rousseau
  • , Muhammad Shoaib
  • , Venkata Satagopam
  • , Muhamed Adilovic
  • , Prashant Kumar Srivastava
  • , Costanza Emanueli
  • , Fabio Martelli
  • , Simona Greco
  • , Lina Badimon
  • , Teresa Padro
  • , Mitja Lustrek
  • , Markus Scholz
  • , Maciej Rosolowski
  • , Marko Jordan
  • , Timo Brandenburger
  • Bettina Benczik, Bence Agg, Peter Ferdinandy, Jörg Janne Vehreschild, Bettina Lorenz-Depiereux, Marcus Dörr, Oliver Witzke, Gabriel Sanchez, Seval Kul, Andy H. Baker, Guy Fagherazzi, Markus Ollert, Ryan Wereski, Nicholas L. Mills, Hüseyin Firat
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Tools for predicting COVID-19 outcomes enable personalized healthcare, potentially easing the disease burden. This collaborative study by 15 institutions across Europe aimed to develop a machine learning model for predicting the risk of in-hospital mortality post-SARS-CoV-2 infection. Blood samples and clinical data from 1286 COVID-19 patients collected from 2020 to 2023 across four cohorts in Europe and Canada were analyzed, with 2906 long non-coding RNAs profiled using targeted sequencing. From a discovery cohort combining three European cohorts and 804 patients, age and the long non-coding RNA LEF1-AS1 were identified as predictive features, yielding an AUC of 0.83 (95% CI 0.82–0.84) and a balanced accuracy of 0.78 (95% CI 0.77–0.79) with a feedforward neural network classifier. Validation in an independent Canadian cohort of 482 patients showed consistent performance. Cox regression analysis indicated that higher levels of LEF1-AS1 correlated with reduced mortality risk (age-adjusted hazard ratio 0.54, 95% CI 0.40–0.74). Quantitative PCR validated LEF1-AS1’s adaptability to be measured in hospital settings. Here, we demonstrate a promising predictive model for enhancing COVID-19 patient management.

Original languageEnglish
Article number4259
Pages (from-to)4259
JournalNature Communications
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 May 2024

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