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. 2015 Dec 2;10(12):e0143367. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143367

Table 2. Analysis of biomarkers stratified by day of fever between AKI and non-AKI (A) in all cases, (B) in leptospirosis cases, and (C) in non-leptospirosis cases.

Biomarkers Day of fever AKI Non-AKI P-value
A. In all cases (n = 206)
uNGAL, ng/mL day 1 –day 3 179.4(4733.86) 16.1(35.94) <0.001
day 4 up 561.99(688.43) 21(48.02) <0.001
pNGAL, ng/mL day 1 –day 3 891.65(682) 102(131.5) <0.001
day 4 up 1300(644) 173(221.5) <0.001
Serum creatinine,,mg/dL day 1 –day 3 3.6(2.95) 0.96(0.32) <0.001
day 4 up 4.54(2.86) 0.88(0.38) <0.001
B. In leptospirosis cases (n = 113)
uNGAL, ng/mL day 1 –day 3 158.4(867.7) 20.8(45.7) <0.001
day 4 up 550.3(583.3) 23.2(64.4) <0.001
pNGAL, ng/mL day 1 –day 3 945(732) 111(134) 0.001
day 4 up 1300(593.5) 211.5(147.3) <0.001
Serum creatinine, mg/dL day 1 –day 3 3.6(2.95) 0.98(0.32) <0.001
day 4 up 5.1(2.5) 0.88(0.45) <0.001
C. In non-leptospirosis cases (n = 93)
uNGAL, ng/mL day 1 –day 3 4793.2(7941.5) 13.3(20.6) 0.001
day 4 up 1403.1(2355.6) 16.8(17.7) <0.001
pNGAL, ng/mL day 1 –day 3 725(818.8) 97.5(134.25) 0.001
day 4 up 391(1112) 100(133.25) 0.002
Serum creatinine, mg/dL day 1 –day 3 2.36(3.68) 0.91(0.36) <0.001
day 4 up 4.22(5.28) 0.88(0.28) <0.001