Table 3.

Plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin for the early prediction of acute kidney injury.

Setting	Subjects (n)	Sensitivity	Specificity	AUC-ROC	Ref.
Cardiac surgery	71	0.7	0.94	0.91	[46]
Cardiac surgery	72	NR	NR	0.54	[50]
Cardiac surgery	120	0.84	0.94	0.96	[92]
Cardiac surgery	50	0.8	0.67	0.85	[53]
Cardiac surgery	100	0.79	0.78	0.8	[54]
Radiocontrast administration	91	0.73	1.0	0.91	[73]
Critical care	143	0.86	0.39	0.68	[78]
Critical care	307	0.73	0.81	0.78	[81]
Critical care	88	0.82	0.97	0.92	[83]
Liver transplant	59	0.68	0.8	0.79	[84]

AUC-ROC: Area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve; NR: Not reported.