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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2018 Dec 13;85(3):329–338. doi: 10.1038/s41390-018-0249-8

Table 3:

Performance of KDIGO thresholds for absolute SCr rise, percent SCr rise and combination to predict mortality using KIDGO

Absolute SCr Rise
Threshold nAKI Incidence Mortality Sensitivity Specificity p-value** NPV PPV LR + LR− AUC p-value*
≤29 weeks ≥0.3 mg/dl 95/170 (55.9%) 22 (23.2%) 0.92 0.5 ref 0.97 0.23 1.8 0.16 0.71 ref
29–36 weeks ≥0.3 mg/dl 47/467 (10.1%) 7 (14.9%) 0.54 0.91 ref 0.98 0.15 7.7 0.51 0.73 ref
≥36 weeks ≥0.3 mg/dl 49/353 (13.9%) 5 (10.2%) 0.42 0.87 ref 0.98 0.1 4.7 0.67 0.64 ref
Percent SCr Rise
Threshold nAKI Incidence Mortality Sensitivity Specificity p-value* NPV PPV LR+ LR− AUC p-value*
≤29 weeks ≥ 50% 89/170 (52.4%) 17 (19.1%) 0.70 0.51 1.00 0.91 0.19 1.6 0.59 0.61 0.02
29–36 Weeks ≥ 50% 67/467 (14.4%) 6 (8.9%) 0.46 0.87 0.001 0.98 0.09 5.4 0.62 0.66 0.37
≤29 weeks ≥ 50% 72/353 (20.4%) 5 (6.9%) 0.42 0.80 <0.0001 0.98 0.07 1.7 0.73 0.61 0.7
Absolute and/ or Percent SCr Rise
Threshold nAKI Incidence Mortality Sensitivity Specificity p-value* NPV PPV LR+ LR− AUC p-value*
≤29 weeks ≥ 0.3/ 50% 100/ 170 (58.8%) 22 (22.0%) 0.92 0.47 0.06 0.97 0.22 1.7 0.17 0.69 0.02
29–36 Weeks ≥ 0.3/ 50% 78/467 (16.7%) 8 (10.3%) 0.61 0.85 <0.0001 0.99 0.1 4.1 0.46 0.73 0.89
≥36 weeks ≥ 0.3/ 50% 76 / 353 (21.5%) 7 (9.2%) 0.58 0.80 <0.0001 0.98 0.09 2.9 0.53 0.69 0.41
*

p-value for AUC - reference is absolute SCr change

**

p-value for specificity - reference is absolute SCr change