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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 21.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Clin Biochem. 2014 Feb 11;51(0 3):335–351. doi: 10.1177/0004563214521795

Table 5.

NGAL for the prediction of delayed graft function.

Reference Patients AUC Sensitivity
(%)		 Specificity
(%)		 Cut-off
(ng/mL)		 Assay Source
Mishra et al.82 25 Children – – – – NGAL staining Biopsies
Parikh et al.83 53 Adults +
 children		 0.90 90 83 >1000 ng/mg
 creatinine		 ELISA
 (Antibody Shop)		 Urine
Lebkowska et al.84 41 Adults 0.99 100 85 – ELISA
 (Antibody Shop)		 Blood
Hall et al.85 91 Adults 0.81 77 74 >350 ELISA
 (Antibody Shop)		 Urine
Hollmen et al.86 176 Adults 0.75 68 73 >560 Standardized Clinical Platform
 (ARCHITECT®)		 Urine
Hollmen et al.87 275 Adults 0.60 34.8 79.4 >20 Standardized Clinical Platform
 (ARCHITECT®)		 Urine and blooc
Kusaka et al.88 67 Adults 0.99 91 97 >500 Standardized Clinical Platform
 (ARCHITECT®)		 Blood
Bataille et al.89 41 Adults 0.97 93.3 88.5 >400 Triage®point of care device Blood
Magnusson et al.90 111 Adults – – – – ELISA
 (Antibody Shop)		 Blood
Heyne et al.91 182 Adults 0.98 100 93 >100 ELISA
 (Antibody Shop)		 Urine
Lee et al.92 59 Adults 0.86 78.6 77.8 >233 ELISA
 (Antibody Shop)		 Blood
Rahimzadeh et al.93 27 Children 0.95 100 95.5 >175 ELISA
 (not specified)		 Blood + urine
Rostami et al.94 64 Adults 0.71 72 67 204 ELISA
 (Antibody Shop)		 Urine
Lee et al.95 59 Adults 0.86 77 78 233 ELISA
 (Antibody Shop)		 Blood
Total (for DGF) 1079 0.87 82 83 – – –