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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 4:

Optimized Thresholds and Performance of Absolute SCr rise, Percent SCr rise and Max SCr to predict mortality using thresholds designed to optimize AUC.

Absolute SCr Rise
Threshold nAKI Incidence Mortality Sensitivity Specificity NPV PPV LR+ LR− AUC p-value*
≤29 weeks ≥ 0.3 mg/dl 95/170 (55.9%) 22 (23.2%) 0.92 0.5 0.97 0.23 1.8 0.16 0.71 ref
29–36 weeks ≥ 0.1 mg/dl 184/467 (39.4%) 11 (6.0%) 0.85 0.62 0.99 0.06 2.2 0.24 0.73 ref
≥36 weeks ≥ 0.1 mg/dl 126/353 (35.7%) 8 (6.3%) 0.67 0.65 0.98 0.06 1.9 0.51 0.66 ref
Percent SCr Rise
Threshold nAKI Incidence Mortality Sensitivity Specificity NPV PPV LR+ LR− AUC p-value*
≤29 weeks ≥ 37% 100/170 (58.8%) 21 (21.0%) 0.87 0.46 0.96 0.21 1.9 0.28 0.67 0.08
29–36 weeks ≥ 14% 170/467 (36.4%) 11 (6.5%) 0.85 0.65 0.99 0.06 2.4 0.23 0.75 0.002
≥36 weeks ≥ 8% 157/353 (44.5%) 9 (5.7%) 0.75 0.57 0.98 0.06 1.7 0.44 0.66 0.96
Absolute and/ or Percent SCr Rise
Cutoff nAKI Incidence Mortality Sensitivity Specificity NPV PPV LR+ LR− AUC p-value*
≤29 weeks ≥ 0.3/ 37% 103/ 170 (60.6%) 22 (21.4%) 0.92 0.44 0.97 0.21 1.6 0.18 0.68 0.004
29–36 weeks ≥ 0.1/14% 187/467 (40.0%) 11 (5.9%) 0.85 0.61 0.99 0.06 2.2 0.25 0.73 0.08
≥36 weeks ≥ 0.1/8% 158/353 (44.8%) 9 (5.7%) 0.75 0.56 0.98 0.06 1.7 0.45 0.66 0.93
Max SCR
Threshold nAKI Incidence Mortality Sensitivity Specificity NPV PPV LR+ LR− AUC p-value*
≤29 weeks ≥ 1.13 mg/dl 67/170 (39.4%) 15 (22.4%) 0.63 0.64 0.91 0.22 1.7 0.58 0.63 0.15
29–36 weeks ≥ 0.98 mg/dl 123/467 (26.3%) 10 (8.1%) 0.77 0.75 0.99 0.08 3.1 0.31 0.76 0.69
≥36 weeks ≥ 0.91 mg/dl 126/353 (35.7%) 7 (5.6%) 0.58 0.65 0.98 0.06 1.6 0.65 0.62 0.57
*

p-value for AUC - reference is absolute SCr change