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. 2023 Dec 1;13:21210. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47418-9

Table 2.

Plasma biomarker values (pg/ml).

Protein Healthy controls (n = 8) AKI (COVID-19) (n = 8) CKD/ESKD (n = 21) P-value
KIM-1 274.5 (230.6–288.4) 742.9 (625.6–1324.1) 582.5 (278.5–789.4) 0.002
NAG 0 (0–0) 0 (0–1218.2) 0 (0–0) 0.299
Calbindin 3.6 (0–20.0) 88.9 (59.2–275.9) 37.5 (12.5–70.7) < 0.001
GSTA1 202.8 (157.4–314.9) 652.0 (505.0–718.6) 436.5 (201.8–540.7) < 0.001
Osteoactivin 195.3 (155.1–217.0) 501.5 (380.6–1217.9) 493.0 (324.3–883.5) 0.003
Renin 37.1 (27.1–59.6) 670.4 (342.9–2539.6) 137.3 (99.5–326.7) < 0.001
Clusterin 264,584 (221,595–351,445) 593,503 (448,604–709,786) 470,516 (328,132–677,194) 0.004
RBP4 77,963 (54,925–125,445) 221,824 (143,659–404,136) 203,704 (75,150–342,768) 0.083
IL-18 24.5 (19.3–29.9) 185.3 (162.3–249.4) 84.6 (39.7–109.5) < 0.001
IP-10 4.4 (3.7–5.5) 95.5 (71.8–146.2) 12.3 (7.1–16.8) < 0.001
EGF 2.1 (0.1–5.3) 19.3 (15.3–23.3) 13.3 (1.8–17.8) 0.001
MCP-1 12.0 (8.6–15.0) 227.8 (57.7–424.3) 33.3 (20.0–66.2) < 0.001
VEGF-A 35.6 (34.0–41.6) 430.4 (217.2–678.5) 673.4 (286.2–806.1) < 0.001
Uromodulin 103.0 (0–199.7) 605.6 (0–776.0) 1308.5 (674.7–1617.3) < 0.001
α1-microglobulin 775.3 (520.3–1122.8) 479.7 (294.0–914.4) 4318.6 (2782.1–5212.4) < 0.001
TFF3 3.1 (2.1–4.6) 13.8 (7.9–33.1) 55.1 (24.2–62.4) < 0.001
Osteopontin 17.8 (15.3–23.4) 308.3 (243.3–527.8) 55.9 (29.5–78.1) < 0.001
Cystatin C 207.9 (173.8–230.8) 269.86 (246.2–532.8) 563.4 (409.4–700.8) < 0.001
NGAL 73.4 (58.4–110.7) 202.6 (161.9–355.0) 359.4 (259.6–520.4) < 0.001
β2-microglobulin 913.0 (751.0–1136.7) 3700.7 (2361.7–4849.4) 4972.3 (3114.4–5763.0) < 0.001
TIMP-1 34.5 (32.4–41.5) 172.6 (130.1–278.3) 88.1 (62.9–98.3) < 0.001

Data are indicated by median (IQR).

Bold indicates statistically significant P values.