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. 2015 Oct 13;59(11):6913–6921. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01079-15

TABLE 3.

Diagnostic performance of UrNGAL: patient-level analysisa

Criterion for AKI by UrNGAL level No. of patients with AKI by SCr (KDIGObin) criterion
Yes No Total
UrNGAL level of ≥2.54 ng/ml
    Yes 11 3 14
    No 6 4 10
        Total 17 7 24
UrNGAL level ≥3 times baseline level
    Yes 13 5 18
    No 4 2 6
        Total 17 7 24
a

AKI, acute kidney injury; UrNGAL, urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; SCr, serum creatinine; KDIGObin criterion, Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes criterion that requires an increase in the SCr level to ≥0.3 mg/dl within 48 h or an increase in the SCr level to ≥1.5 times the baseline level which is known or presumed to have occurred within the prior 7 days.