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. 2011 Sep;6(9):2108–2113. doi: 10.2215/CJN.02440311

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Urinary pellet cholesterol levels are elevated in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) but not in critically ill intensive care unit (ICU) patients without AKI or in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Urine samples from 15 normal volunteers, 15 ICU patients without AKI, 14 ICU patients with AKI, and 15 patients with CKD were assayed for urinary pellet cholesterol levels. The results were factored for lipid extract phospholipid phosphate levels. The AKI+ patients had an approximate doubling of pellet cholesterol levels, whereas the AKI− and CKD patients manifested normal levels (versus normal values).