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. 2018 Sep 10;13:41. doi: 10.1186/s13017-018-0202-5

Table 4.

Area under the ROC curve (AUROC) of significant variables regarding septic AKI and in-hospital mortality

Variables Septic AKI In-hospital mortality
AUROC P value Cutoff value Sensitivity/specificity (%) AUROC P value Cutoff value Sensitivity/specificity (%)
Serum NGAL 0.991 < 0.001 413.2 92.3/100 0.768 0.021 385.3 75.0/64.3
Urinary NGAL 0.915 0.001 383.7 92.3/77.8 0.780 0.016 383.7 75.0/64.3
Serum calprotectin 0.889 0.002 219.8 84.6/88.9
Serum KIM-1 0.752 0.049 17.2 69.2/77.8
Urinary Cystatin C 0.641 0.271 118.9 53.8/66.7
Albumin 0.269 0.071 2.6 38.5/33.3 0.232 0.021 2.5 41.7/35.7
Creatinine 0.966 < 0.001 0.9 100.0/88.9 0.676 0.129 0.9 75.0/57.1
CRP 0.795 0.021 82.4 76.9/77.8
SOFA score 0.957 < 0.001 7.5 92.3/88.9 0.774 0.018 7.5 75.0/71.4
APACHE II Score 0.842 0.008 13.5 76.9/77.8 0.762 0.024 15.0 66.7/71.4
Serum NGAL+ Serum
Calprotectin + SOFA score
1.000 < 0.001
Serum NGAL + urinary NGAL + SOFA score 0.911 < 0.001

AKI acute kidney injury, NGAL neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation