Research Article

Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Prediction of Outcomes in Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Table 2

Biomarker characteristics in CIN+ and CIN− participants at various time points.

VariableCIN+ (n = 30)CIN− (n = 60) value

sNGAL_p (ng/ml)100.31 (64.28–142.01)74.33 (43.97–127.99)0.34
sNGAL_24 (ng/ml)99.61 (72.26–135.98)78.42 (51.12–107.00)0.07
sNGAL_48 (ng/ml)83.81 (57.90–109.05)60.91 (37.36–100.71)0.13
sNGAL_5 (ng/ml)96.20 (74.48–156.66)65.77 (51.94–72.44)0.06
uNGAL_p (ng/ml)88.4 (39.3–366.2)34.1 (17.2–62.2)0.02
uNGAL_24 (ng/ml)40.1 (33.1–96.9)46.5 (28.5–100.6)0.72
uNGAL_48 (ng/ml)39.4 (22.1–100.9)49.5 (14.2–98.3)0.96
sCystatin C_ p (ng/ml)711.45 (550.08–934.10)687.41 (566.61–769.76)0.25
sCystatin C_24 (ng/ml)856.59 (620.75–1002.96)617.42 (533.11–805.20)<0.01
sCystatin C_48 (ng/ml)764.32 (560.28–1010.71)572.13 (461.67–708.11)0.01
sCystatin C_5 (ng/ml)811.52 (708.54–986.12)596.14 (534.56–684.38)0.01
uCystatin C_p (ng/ml)53.7 (32.0–412.1)49.4 (13.6–170.0)0.38
uCystatin C_24 (ng/ml)107.8 (64.3–157.7)95.9 (27.0–193.9)0.82
uCystatin C_48 (ng/ml)47.8 (16.6–166.8)43.5 (17.7–132.5)0.87
sIL18_p (pg/ml)170.41 (105.19–327.4)123.73 (65.87–178.2)0.13
sIL18_24 (pg/ml)152.32 (92.905–279.62)122.36 (82.45–256.6)0.40
sIL18_48 (pg/ml)137.62 (100.965–285.14)95.75 (73–165.59)0.06
sIL18_5 (pg/ml)133.385 (122.36–395.75)131.93 (70.82–294.91)0.64
uIL18_p (pg/ml)102.8 (55.3–185.6)76.8 (33.2–189.0)0.38
uIL18_24 (pg/ml)145.1 (22.6–326.2)131.0 (50.7–262.4)0.97
uIL18_48 (pg/ml)125.1 (50.2–348.7)124.6 (57.0–372.6)0.92
sβ2M_p (μg/ml)4.4 (3.8–7.8)3.8 (3.2–4.9)0.04
sβ2M_24 (μg/ml)4.55 (3.9–7.55)3.7 (2.9–4.8)0.01
sβ2M_48 (μg/ml)5.1 (3.8–6.9)3.3 (2.7–4.5)<0.001
sβ2M_5 (μg/ml)12.1 (4.4–16.4)3.7 (3.1–4.9)0.01
sTNFα_p (pg/ml)4.87 (4.15–9.12)4.6 (2.65–5.95)0.12
sTNFα_24 (pg/ml)5.3 (4.15–6.7)5.23 (3.43–7.39)0.94
sTNFα_48 (pg/ml)5.9 (4.6–6.7)4.29 (2.6–7.04)0.06
sTNFα_5 (pg/ml)4.3 (3.43–5.23)6.315 (4.26–8.26)0.22
sIL10_p (pg/ml)4.94 (4.5–11.3)4.1 (2.59–5.4)0.19
sIL10_24 (pg/ml)4 (3.4–5.5)3.9 (2.6–5)0.45
sIL10_48 (pg/ml)4.6 (3.7–9.2)3.4 (2–4.5)0.10
sIL10_5 (pg/ml)9.5 (9.5–9.5)4.2 (3.24–19.4)0.51
uKIM_p (pg/ml)108.1 (39.9–1593.2)39.9 (12.2–274.6)0.21
uKIM_24 (pg/ml)144.0 (39.9–1343.0)91.6 (12.2–196.8)0.26
uKIM_48 (pg/ml)160.2 (45.8–303.5)91.6 (12.2–274.5)0.34

CIN−, CIN absent; CIN+, CIN present; sNGAL and uNGAL, serum and urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; sIL18 and uIL18, serum urine interleukin 18; sβ2M, serum beta 2 microglobulin; sTNFα, serum tumour necrosis factor alpha; uKIM1, urine kidney injury molecule 1 at various time points.