Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Apr 12;148(2):726–732. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.09.080

Table 3.

Mediation Analysis to evaluate indirect effect of PRBC on AKI via Biomarkers

Direct Pathway
Estimate
C
Alternate Pathway
Estimate
Mediation Estimate
Ć
Sobel
Test
Mediation
Percentage
P Value for
Mediation
a b
Urine IL-18
(pg/ml)
0.973 0.518 −0.32 0.822 −2.19 17.07% 0.02
Urine NGAL
(ng/ml)
0.973 0.496 0.122 0.901 −1.3 6.22% 0.19

Mediation percentage is the percentage of total effect of PRBC transfusion on AKI that is mediated via biomarkers.