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. 2021 Nov 3;3(1):37–50. doi: 10.34067/KID.0004802021

Table 2.

SCr-AKI diagnostic characteristics of AKI biomarkers at early and late cisplatin visits

Time Point Area Under Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (95% Confidence Interval) Optimal Biomarker Concentration Cutoffa Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Biomarker Concentration for ≥85% Sensitivitya Specificity Associated with ≥85% Sensitivity (%) Biomarker Concentration for ≥85% Specificitya Sensitivity Associated with ≥85% Specificity (%)
Urine NGAL for SCr-AKI at early visit
 Pre-infusion (n=150) 0.56 (0.46 to 0.67) 36.7 39 83 3.1 12 53.2 26
 Pos-tinfusion (n=148) 0.60 (0.49 to 0.70) 8.7 74 47 4.5 19 54.8 28
 Discharge (n=146) 0.65 (0.54 to 0.75) 15.5 71 57 5.7 25 59.9 37
Urine KIM-1 for SCr-AKI at early visit
 Pre-infusion (n=150) 0.48 (0.36 to 0.59) 3269 15 100 119 12 1246 24
 Post-infusion (n=148) 0.56 (0.45 to 0.67) 573 42 78 91 10 959 28
 Discharge (n=146) 0.61 (0.51 to 0.71) 1649 63 58 458 32 5165 22
Urine NGAL for SCr-AKI at late visit
 Pre-infusion (n=120) 0.64 (0.50 to 0.79) 31.4 65 77 5.3 25 60.3 35
 Post-infusion (n=123) 0.69 (0.56 to 0.82) 23.1 62 74 7.5 38 63.1 33
 Discharge (n=116) 0.71 (0.57 to 0.86) 44.2 55 89 6.1 33 41.4 55
Urine KIM-1 for SCr-AKI at late visit
 Pre-infusion (n=120) 0.54 (0.38 to 0.70) 4776 20 99 134 11 1474 30
 Post-infusion (n=123) 0.64 (0.52 to 0.77) 253 81 46 193 36 1549 33
 Discharge (n=116) 0.75 (0.63 to 0.86) 2030 80 65 1648 60 5360 45

SCr-AKI, serum creatinine–defined AKI; NGAL, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; discharge, hospital discharge; KIM-1, kidney injury molecule-1.

a

Optimal biomarker concentration cutoff: maximum combined sensitivity and specificity. Units for urine NGAL, ng/mg creatinine. Units for urine KIM-1, pg/mg creatinine.