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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ther Drug Monit. 2018 Apr;40(2):186–194. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0000000000000496

Table 2.

Biomarker test characteristics and cut-off values for prediction of AKI

Cut-off point Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV AUC p > Chi-Square

TIMP-2*IGFBP-7 ((ng/mL)2/1000)
2 hour 1.03 0.59 0.71 0.43 0.82 0.60 0.33
6 hour 0.66 0.68 0.49 0.38 0.77 0.58 0.26
12 hour 0.78 0.69 0.69 0.50 0.83 0.71 0.002
24 hour 1.46 0.41 0.85 0.60 0.73 0.63 0.04

Urine NGAL (ng/mL)
2 hour 163.88 0.35 0.84 0.47 0.76 0.55 0.58
6 hour 58.85 0.72 0.43 0.35 0.78 0.51 0.77
12 hour 58.25 0.46 0.80 0.52 0.76 0.64 0.04
24 hour 34.03 0.62 0.79 0.61 0.79 0.71 0.003

Urine IL-18 (pg/mL)
2 hour 1587.7 0.91 0.15 0.31 0.80 0.47 0.72
6 hour 51.26 0.23 0.88 0.46 0.72 0.51 0.91
12 hour 72.74 0.46 0.68 0.41 0.73 0.50 0.66
24 hour 182.54 0.84 0.30 0.40 0.77 0.54 0.45

Urine KIM-1 (pg/mL)
2 hour 372.16 0.65 0.63 0.43 0.81 0.63 0.23
6 hour 137.37 0.85 0.53 0.44 0.89 0.66 0.03
12 hour 417.21 0.71 0.51 0.41 0.79 0.61 0.08
24 hour 529.57 0.84 0.41 0.44 0.82 0.60 0.18

Urine L-FABP (ng/mL)
2 hour 32.66 0.70 0.54 0.40 0.80 0.61 0.08
6 hour 109.30 0.65 0.52 0.38 0.77 0.57 0.22
12 hour 58.27 0.75 0.43 0.38 0.79 0.50 0.92
24 hour 14.60 0.48 0.75 0.52 0.72 0.60 0.16

Ng = nanograms, pg = picograms, mL = milliliter, PPV = positive predictive value, NPV = negative predictive value, AUC = area under the curve, TIMP-2*IGFBP-8 = tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 (TIMP-2) and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7 (IGFBP-7), NGAL = neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, IL-18 = interleukin-18, KIM-1 = kidney injury molecule 1, L-FABP = liver-type fatty acid-binding protein.