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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2020 Jan 28;71(5):1775–1786. doi: 10.1002/hep.30939

TABLE 2.

Month 3 protein Level Comparison: Discovery (CTOT14) and Validation (BUMC) Cohorts

CTOT14 (Predict 1 Year) Plasma
BUMC (Predict 1 and 5 Year) Sera
Diminished Preserved P Value Diminished Preserved P Value

β-2 microglobulin (μg/mL) 3.75 [2.58; 5.32] 2.55 [2.20; 3.70] 0.011 4.25 [3.70; 5.42] 3.15 [2.35; 3.92] 0.002
Cystatin C (ng/mL) 1,325 [1,222; 1,872] 1,105 [1,028; 1,322] 0.004 1,435 [1,282; 1,578] 1,085 [896; 1,350] 0.001
Macrophage colony stimulating factor 1 (ng/mL) 0.94 [0.66; 1.60] 0.90 [0.66; 1.22] 0.694 2.15 [1.80; 2.92] 1.50 [0.83; 2.20] 0.007
α-1 microglobulin (μg/mL) 23.0 [15.8; 29.0] 18.5 [15.0; 24.0] 0.135 24.0 [21.2; 29.8] 21.0 [15.8; 24.0] 0.007
CD40 antigen (ng/mL) 0.94 [0.72; 1.50] 0.94 [0.76; 1.42] 0.911 1.50 [1.30; 1.70] 1.10 [0.98; 1.40] 0.001
Erythropoietin (mIU/mL) 18.0 [14.0; 32.2] 15.5 [9.67; 23.0] 0.099 33.0 [24.0; 38.5] 23.5 [19.8; 29.0] 0.041
Apolipoprotein A-IV (μg/mL) 3,850 [3,640; 5,520] 5,100 [4,052; 7,350] 0.113 49.5 [38.5; 64.2] 40.5 [33.8; 61.8] 0.189
Clusterin (μg/mL) 256 [234; 297] 271 [228; 349] 0.382 262 [208; 283] 212 [184; 237] 0.027
Kim-1 (ng/mL) 0.08 [0.05; 0.12] 0.12 [0.09; 0.23] 0.065 0.10 [0.07; 0.20] 0.08 [0.04; 0.11] 0.067
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (ng/mL) 280 [177; 425] 220 [172; 270] 0.095 391 [234; 484] 294 [223; 378] 0.176
Osteopontin (ng/mL) 42.0 [35.5; 62.5] 37.5 [34.0; 48.0] 0.187 25.5 [17.2; 30.0] 21.0 [11.8; 25.2] 0.056
Tamm-Horsfall protein (μg/mL) 0.03 [0.02; 0.04] 0.02 [0.02; 0.03] 0.588 0.03 [0.03; 0.04] 0.04 [0.03; 0.05] 0.117
Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (ng/mL) 114 [84.8; 153] 97.0 [84.8; 118] 0.187 154 [137; 184] 146 [123; 166] 0.122
Trefoil factor-3 (μg/mL) 0.20 [0.14; 0.26] 0.16 [0.13; 0.20] 0.045 0.15 [0.12; 0.20] 0.12 [0.10; 0.15] 0.037
Vascular endothelial growth factor (pg/mL) 94.0 [81.5; 133] 92.5 [75.8; 122] 0.386 256 [192; 355] 298 [188; 400] 0.864
Thrombomodulin (ng/mL) 7.15 [5.28; 8.90] 6.55 [4.80; 7.23] 0.157 7.20 [6.70; 9.10] 6.50 [5.15; 7.82] 0.037