Association of cerebrospinal fluid CD4+/CD8+Ratio with 60-day functional outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage

Background: The immune inflammatory reaction has vital function in pathologic mechanism of critical intracerebral hemorrhage. It recently has been reported that CD4/CD8 ratio may represent a novel composite immune inflammatory marker to predict prognosis of critical intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Nevertheless, as for considering the effects of surgical evacuation upon initiation of immune inflammatory reactions, the association between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) CD4/CD8 ratio and 60-day functional outcome of patients with critical ICH after surgery has not been investigated. Present study aimed to evaluate the predictive value concerning postoperative complement system and immunoglobulin, paired cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets, as well as inflammation index before and after the operations upon the 60-day prognosis of patients with ICH. Methods: In total, 69 patients with acute critical ICH admitted in First Central Hospital of Baoding City from January to July in 2022 were prospectively enrolled. We recorded and analyzed the relevant clinical data. Laboratory parameters included postoperative lymphocyte subsets in paired cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood, inflammation index before and after operation. The associations between 60-day outcome and laboratory biomarkers were assessed by multivariable logistic regression analysis. Comparisons of predictive value regarding independent predictors was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Results: In total, 51 patients with critical ICH exhibited poor outcomes at 60 days, which was associated with fever after surgery, hernia before surgery, SAH and lower Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) at admission and large hematoma volume, greater CD3T% CSF , greater CD4T% CSF , and greater CD4/CD8 ratio CSF . CD4/CD8ratio CSF showcased significant predictive power by comparing with other laboratorial variables (AUC = 0.6808; cut-off = 1.61; sensitivity = 80.39%; specificity = 61.11%; 95% CI: 0.5232–0.8385; p = .0233), which was found to correlated linearly with postoperative fever, first CSF test time, CD3T% CSF , CD4T% CSF , CD8T% CSF , NK CSF , CD3T% PB , CD8T% PB , CD4/CD8 ratio PB , and glucose CSF . Poor outcome at 60 days linearly correlated with CD4/CD8ratio CSF after adjustments. In 3–5 days after surgery tested CSF lymphocyte subsets, CD4/CD8ratio CSF ≥1.61 was associated with a higher risk for 60-day poor outcome comparing with corresponding subgroups. Conclusions: In association of critical ICH patient prognosis, CSF CD4/CD8 ratio, especially in 3–5 days after surgery, exhibited potential independent predictive ability for 60-day functional outcomes of patients with critical ICH.