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. 2021 May 11;12(5):e00359. doi: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000359

Table 3.

Added predictive value of NGAL for 90-day transplant-free survival and 90-day survival to prognostic models in cirrhosis

NGAL MELD MELD + NGAL P value MELD-Na MELD-Na + NGAL P value CLIF-C ACLF CLIF-C ACLF + NGAL P value
Transplant-free survival
 C statistic 0.697 0.686 0.713 0.04 0.683 0.708 0.06 0.663 0.697 0.04
 Category-free NRI 0.368 0.008 0.349 0.01 0.375 0.007
 IDI 0.027 0.02 0.029 0.02 0.036 0.007
Overall survival
 C statistic 0.688 0.596 0.662 0.005 0.581 0.653 0.004 0.620 0.675 0.02
 Category-free NRI 0.360 0.01 0.388 0.008 0.364 0.01
 IDI 0.052 0.007 0.055 0.006 0.056 0.006

ACLF, acute-on-chronic liver failure; CLIF-C ACLF, Chronic Liver Failure Consortium Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure score; IDI, integrated discrimination increment; MELD, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease; NGAL, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; NRI, net reclassification index.