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. 2009 May;4(5):873–882. doi: 10.2215/CJN.04810908

Table 4.

Comparison of various normalized urinary marker levels in patients with AKI and non-AKIa

Pre-OP Immediately Post-OP 3 h Post-OP 18 h Post-OP 24 h Post-OP
Normalized KIM-1 (ng/mg Ucr)b
    AKI 1.1 (0.7 to 1.4) (n = 36) 1.4 (0.1 to 2.4)c (n = 35) 0.7 (0.0 to 2.1)d (n = 28) 2.6 (1.2 to 4.0) (n = 34) 2.1 (1.4 to 3.9) (n = 34)
    early AKI 1.3 (0.8 to 1.7)d (n = 16) 2.5 (0.2 to 4.5)cf (n = 15) 1.5 (0.0 to 3.6)d (n = 12) 4.3 (1.1 to 8.2)d (n = 15) 4.2 (1.5 to 10.2)de (n = 15)
    late AKI 0.8 (0.5 to 1.4) (n = 20) 0.5 (0.0 to 2.0) (n = 20) 0.4 (0.0 to 1.5) (n = 16) 2.5 (1.1 to 3.3) (n = 19) 1.6 (1.1 to 2.2) (n = 19)
    non-AKI 0.8 (0.6 to 1.0) (n = 54) 0.0 (0.0 to 0.6) (n = 54) 0.0 (0.0 to 0.3) (n = 51) 1.7 (1.3 to 2.7) (n = 48) 1.7 (1.0 to 2.7) (n = 42)
Normalized NAG (U/gram Ucr)
    AKI 4.7 (2.7 to 9.6) (n = 36) 47.9 (28.5 to 93.9) (n = 35) 19.8 (6.1 to 27.9) (n = 28) 6.4 (5.3 to 9.2)d (n = 34) 7.6 (4.4 to 13.9) (n = 34)
    early AKI 7.6 (1.0 to 16.3) (n = 16) 37.8 (18.0 to 132.3) (n = 15) 20.9 (3.7 to 43.6) (n = 12) 7.7 (5.1 to 12.5) (n = 15) 7.3 (3.6 to 22.5) (n = 15)
    late AKI 4.3 (2.4 to 9.6) (n = 20) 51.9 (26.2 to 168.8) (n = 20) 17.7 (5.3 to 97.8) (n = 16) 5.6 (5.2 to 10.7) (n = 19) 8.0 (3.5 to 13.9) (n = 19)
    non-AKI 4.2 (2.1 to 5.6) (n = 54) 24.9 (14.5 to 55.6) (n = 54) 9.2 (5.5 to 16.5) (n = 51) 4.0 (3.2 to 7.2) (n = 48) 7.5 (4.7 to 10.2) (n = 42)
Normalized NGAL (ng/mg Ucr)
    AKI 6.1 (2.8 to 12.0) (n = 36) 4579.0 (1544.8 to 8074.2) (n = 35) 2071.4 (455.4 to 6211.0)d (n = 28) 71.2 (31.7 to 255.6)c (n = 34) 69.6 (9.9 to 323.1) (n = 34)
    early AKI 9.5 (1.4 to 85.1) (n = 16) 2044.1 (36.0 to 7247.3) (n = 15) 1153.3 (1.1 to 8000.0) (n = 12) 70.8 (6.4 to 1418.2)d (n = 15) 73.3 (8.0 to 4752.1) (n = 13)
    late AKI 5.4 (2.4 to 13.1) (n = 20) 7151.1 (1704.2 to 9810.8)d (n = 20) 3041.7 (324.5 to 7457.0)d (n = 16) 75.6 (26.5 to 251.9)d (n = 19) 70.1 (9.1 to 621.6) (n = 19)
    non-AKI 3.8 (2.9 to 6.7) (n = 54) 2308.5 (344.1 to 5044.8) (n = 54) 130.6 (35.9 to 601.9) (n = 51) 15.8 (9.0 to 22.0) (n = 48) 20.9 (13.8 to 31.6) (n = 42)
Delta Scr (%)
    AKI −10.00 (−10.00 to 0.00)d (n = 34) −20.00 (10.00 to 31.45)c (n = 36)
    early AKI 0.00 (−20.00 to 7.60)d (n = 14) 40.00 (30.00 to 70.00)c (n = 16)
    late AKI −10.00 (−20.00 to 0.00) (n = 20) 5.00 (−10.00 to 15.50)d (n = 20)
    non-AKI −20.00 (−20.00 to −10.00) (n = 54) −10.00 (−20.00 to 0.00) (n = 54)
a

Values are medians (95% confidence interval for median).

b

Ucr, urine creatinine concentration.

c

P < 0.005 versus non-AKI.

d

P < 0.05 versus non-AKI.

e

P < 0.005 versus late AKI.

f

P < 0.05 versus late AKI.