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. 2014 Sep 2;9(11):1857–1867. doi: 10.2215/CJN.09430913

Table 5.

Biomarkers risk discrimination for AKI progression and death

Urine Biomarker AUC Cutoff Sensitivity Specificity Positive Likelihood Ratio Negative Likelihood Ratio
Tubular injury marker
 NGAL (ng/ml) 0.77 (0.68–0.85) 287 0.62 0.85 4.18 0.45
 IL-18 (pg/ml) 0.71 (0.61–0.81) 55 0.64 0.75 2.54 0.48
 KIM-1 (ng/ml) 0.66 (0.56–0.76) 3.3 0.90 0.38 1.45 0.27
 L-FABP (ng/ml) 0.76 (0.66–0.85) 21 0.67 0.81 3.52 0.41
Tubular function marker
 FENa (%) 0.50 (0.39–0.61) 0.10 0.92 0.20 1.16 0.40
Glomerular injury marker
 Albumin (mg/dl) 0.73 (0.64–0.82) 41 0.79 0.66 2.32 0.32

AUC, area under the receiver operating curve.