Research Article

Sepsis and AKI in Clinical Emergency Room Patients: The Role of Urinary NGAL

Table 5

Urinary NGAL sensitivity and specificity in septic patients without AKI at admission ().

AUC-ROCCutoffSensitivitySpecificityCI (95%)

uNGAL10.830.033.160.770.66(0.64–0.81)
uNGAL20.810.013.830.750.78(0.52–0.79)
uNGAL/uCr10.870.0253.80.810.68(0.58–0.78)
uNGAL/uCr20.890.000147.40.870.67(0.64–0.71)

AUC-ROC: receiver operating characteristic curve; Cr: creatinine.