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Table 2 Biochemical characteristics of patients with and without AKI

From: The utility of neutrophil gelatinase-associated Lipocalin (NGAL) as a marker of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients

Variables

Patients with suspected sepsis (n = 46)

p-value

AKI

n = 24

Non-AKI

n = 22

Male n (%)

18 (39.1%)

14 (30%)

< 0.05

Mean WBC count × 10 [8]

16.0 ± 7.1

16.7 ± 6.3

> 0.05

Median pNGAL at 12 h (ng/ml)

185 (262–142)

110 (120–70)

< 0.05

Median pNGAL at 24 h (ng/ml)

400 (585–185)

130 (145–80)

< 0.05

Median pNGAL at 48 h (ng/ml)

597 (452–1050)

133 (140–60)

< 0.05

Non-Survivors

11 (45.8%)

4 (16.6%)

> 0.05

  1. Quantitative variables are expressed in mean ± SD or median (IQR) and frequencies as n (%). Abbreviations: acute kidney injury, AKI Plasma neutrophil Gelatinase associated Lipocalin, pNGAL, SerumCreatinine, Scr