Table 3.

Urinary NGAL values according to patient outcome.

	Survivors   N = 94	Nonsurvivors   N = 74	p
uNGAL (ng/mL):
At moment 1 (<24 h∗)	3.30 (1.76–6.18)	4.88 (2.19–9.51)	0.01
At moment 2 (24–48 h∗)	2.18 (0.89–6.36)	3.93 (1.89–7.19)	0.16
At moment 3 (AKI diagnosis)	6.60 (1.66–6.9)	12.42 (2.63–19.02)	0.15
uNGAL/uCr (ng/mg):
At moment 1 (<24 h∗)	56.91 (27.55–113.92)	75.08 (40–154)	0.82
At moment 2 (24–48 h∗)	46.30 (20.81–137.49)	93.35 (57.45–115.81)	0.63
At moment 3 (AKI diagnosis)	134.41 (35.99–259.43)	263.6 (99.28–984.15)	0.056

Values expressed as median and interquartile range.

u: urinary; AKI: acute kidney injury; ^∗after admission to emergency room.