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. 2018 Jun 20;3(5):1183–1192. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.05.013

Table 3.

Associations of urinary NGAL and KIM-1 with 2-year and 10-year progression to ESRD


ESRD events
Model 1a HR (95% CI)
Model 2b HR (95% CI)
Model 3c HR (95% CI)
NGAL
ESRD at 2-year follow-up
NGAL T1 (reference) 5/483 (1%)
NGAL T2 versus T1 14/484 (3%) 3.25 (1.16–9.13) 2.04 (0.73–5.71) 1.19 (0.47–3.02)
NGAL T3 versus T1 37/484 (8%) 10.66 (3.81–29.82) 4.79 (1.65–13.88) 1.84 (0.66–5.15)
NGAL (per doubling) 56/1451 (4%) 1.62 (1.43–1.83) 1.45 (1.24–1.71) 1.19 (0.99–1.42)
ESRD entire follow-up period
NGAL T1 (reference) 54/483 (11%)
NGAL T2 versus T1 95/484 (20%) 2.36 (1.67–3.33) 1.86 (1.29–2.68) 1.41 (0.99–2.01)
NGAL T3 versus T1 108/484 (22%) 2.91 (2.02–4.20) 2.08 (1.43–3.02) 1.30 (0.89–1.90)
NGAL (per doubling) 257/1451 (18%) 1.25 (1.17–1.34) 1.18 (1.10–1.28) 1.06 (0.98–1.14)
KIM-1
ESRD at 2-year follow-up
KIM T1 (reference) 13/483 (3%)
KIM1 T2 versus T1 24/484 (5%) 3.68 (1.80–7.53) 1.99 (0.98–4.05) 1.50 (0.69–3.24)
KIM1 T3 versus T1 19/483 (4%) 4.78 (2.18–10.48) 1.41 (0.53–3.72) 1.09 (0.38–3.15)
KIM-1 (per doubling) 56/1450 (4%) 1.93 (1.51–2.46) 1.24 (0.86–1.79) 1.21 (0.82–1.77)
ESRD entire follow-up period
KIM T1 (reference) 78/483 (16%)
KIM1 T2 versus T1 91/484 (19%) 1.83 (1.33–2.51) 1.33 (0.95–1.86) 1.23 (0.88–1.72)
KIM1 T3 versus T1 88/483 (18%) 2.54 (1.78–3.64) 1.23 (0.83–1.84) 1.29 (0.85–1.96)
KIM-1 (per doubling) 257/1450 (18%) 1.48 (1.33–1.66) 1.13 (0.99–1.29) 1.24 (1.08–1.42)

CI, confidence interval; eGFRcr-cys, estimated glomerular filtration rate creatinine-cystatin; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; HR, hazard ratio; KIM-1, kidney injury molecule−1; NGAL, neutrophil gelatinase−associated lipocalin, T1, tertile 1; T2, tertile 2; T3, tertile 3.

a

Model 1: Age, sex, race, socioeconomic status, urine creatinine.

b

Model 2: 1+ diabetes, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, hypertension, smoking, body mass index, alcohol use, albumin-to-creatinine ratio, C-reactive protein.

c

Model 3: 2+ eGFRcr-cys.