Abstract:Objective To explore the predictive value of serum miR-374b-5p level in the occurrence of lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with multiple trauma.Methods A total of 192 patients with multiple trauma treated in our hospital from January 2020 to December 2021 were selected. According to the presence of lower extremity DVT, they were divided into DVT group (multiple trauma complicated with DVT) and control group (multiple trauma without DVT), with 63 and 129 cases in the two groups, respectively. Demographic characteristics such as age, sex, and body mass index (BMI) were compared between the two groups. The levels of D-dimer, fibrinogen (FIB), fibrinogen degradation products (FDP), prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and platelet count (PLT) were analyzed. The expression of miR-374b-5p in serum of two groups of patients was detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), and its correlations with clinical indicators were determined. Multivariable Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate whether serum miR-374b-5p level was an independent risk factor for multiple trauma complicated with DVT. The diagnostic value of miR-374b-5p for multiple trauma complicated with DVT was explored via receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.Results The ISS, the frequency of lower extremity fractures, and the level of D-dimer in the DVT group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The relative serum expression of miR-374b-5p in the DVT group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The frequency of lower extremity fractures and the level of FDP in patients with high expression of miR-374b-5p were higher than those in patients with low expression of miR-374b-5p (P < 0.05). Multivariable Logistic regression analysis revealed that ISS [O^R = 1.123 (95% CI: 1.031, 1.223) ], the level of D-dimer [O^R = 1.193 (95% CI: 1.061, 1.340) ] and the expression of miR-374b-5p [O^R = 1 633.912 (95% CI: 142.683, 18 710.451) ] were factors affecting the complication of DVT in patients with multiple trauma. ROC curve analysis demonstrated that the sensitivity and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) of miR-374b-5p for diagnosing multiple trauma complicated with DVT were the highest, with them being 0.901 (95% CI: 0.839, 0.963) and 0.841 (95% CI: 0.714, 0.900), respectively. In contrast, the specificity of D-dimer was the highest, being 1.000 (95% CI: 0.971, 1.000).Conclusions Serum miR-374b-5p level is independently correlated with the complication of DVT in patients with multiple trauma, and it may predict the occurrence of multiple trauma complicated with DVT with the cut-off greater than 1.22, the performance of which is even better than that of D-dimer.