Research Article

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

Table 4

Biomarker characteristics in surviving and nonsurviving participants.

VariableDeath (n = 15)Survivors (n = 75) value

sNGAL_p (ng/ml)78.2 (37.0–105.1)79.4 (57.2–131.5)0.37
sNGAL_24 (ng/ml)71.4 (32.8–108.8)82.7 (58.3–119.3)0.24
sNGAL_48 (ng/ml)88.9 (51.3–115.8)67.3 (41.0–100.7)0.46
sNGAL_5 (ng/ml)116.4 (74.4–143.8)66.1 (43.5–96.2)0.09
uNGAL_p (ng/ml)62.9 (19.3–205.8)36.1 (14.7–68.5)0.17
uNGAL_24 (ng/ml)104.7 (85.1–439.1)36.7 (28.1–72.5)0.01
uNGAL_48 (ng/ml)87.6 (38.2–106.7)44.5 (14.7–96.7)0.48
sCystatin C_p (ng/ml)767.38 (633.0–893.4)670.40 (548.5–789.5)0.20
sCystatin C_24 (ng/ml)723.7 (358.9–811.3)694.3 (569.1–870.3)0.34
sCystatin C_48 (ng/ml)764.3 (240.0–843.3)603.76 (505.55–760.62)0.45
sCystatin C_5 (ng/ml)740.4 (706.2–816.6)668.1 (550.3–724.6)0.15
uCystatin C_p (ng/ml)96.7 (19.0–172.5)44.9 (13.9–186.5)0.51
uCystatin C_24 (ng/ml)163.1 (136.5–238.3)91.4 (28.1–160.3)0.10
uCystatin C_48 (ng/ml)92.1 (44.7–901.5)40.6 (17.1–134.8)0.19
sIL18_p (pg/ml)301.5 (211.1–461.3)109.0 (64.5–165.5)<0.001
sIL18_24 (pg/ml)203.3 (118.8–409.9)125.2 (77.4–224.1)0.09
sIL18_48 (pg/ml)181.67 (86.40–331.40)110.2 (77.0–156.9)0.19
sIL18_5 (pg/ml)356.5 (294.9–395.8)122.3 (65.0–133.9)<0.01
uIL18_p (pg/ml)106.4 (57.7–668.4)73.5 (33.2–182.2)0.19
uIL18_24 (pg/ml)220.9 (49.6–421.2)131.3 (50.4–256.3)0.33
uIL18_48 (pg/ml)163.4 (110.6–638.0)114.0 (38.1–343.4)0.06
sβ2M_p (μg/ml)7.8 (3.7–9.7)4.0 (3.2–5.4)0.04
sβ2M_24 (μg/ml)4.6 (3.8–7.4)4.1 (3.3–5.2)0.21
sβ2M_48 (μg/ml)4.6 (3.0–6.7)3.7 (2.8–5.0)0.09
sβ2M_5 (μg/ml)8.0 (5.5–16.4)4.1 (3.1–5.0)0.03
sTNFα_p (pg/ml)8.2 (6.0–79.6)4.2 (2.6–5.3)<0.001
sTNFα_24 (pg/ml)7.40 (5.45–14.69)4.8 (3.2–5.6)<0.001
sTNFα_48 (pg/ml)6.31 (3.08–11.37)4.5 (2.7–6.7)0.11
sTNFα_5 (pg/ml)8.9 (4.8–10.8)4.6 (2.7–7.0)0.02
sIL10_p (pg/ml)4.9 (3.6–17.8)4.5 (3.0–5.5)0.47
sIL10_24 (pg/ml)15.2 (4.2–33.4)3.9 (2.9–5.0)0.08
sIL10_48 (pg/ml)3.9 (3.0–14.8)3.6 (2.5–5.0)0.43
sIL10_5 (pg/ml)11.3 (3.2–19.4)4.6 (3.9–9.5)1.00
uKIM1_p (p/ml)331.9 (131.6–1476.5)39.9 (12.2–102.9)0.01
uKIM1_24 (pg/ml)712.7 (91.6–1343.0)91.6 (12.2–183.6)0.07
uKIM1_48 (pg/ml)1261.9 (579.1–1605.3)78.6 (12.2–205.1)0.01
Base creatinine (μmol/l)72 (44–96)68 (55–85)0.93
Post creatinine (μmol/l)93 (45–126)69 (54–91)0.52

CIN−, CIN absent; CIN+, CIN present; sNGAL and uNGAL, serum and urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; sIL18 and uIL18, serum and urine interleukin 18; sβ2M, serum beta 2 microglobulin; sTNFα, serum tumour necrosis factor alpha; sCystatin C and uCystatin C, serum and urine cystatin C; uKIM1, urine kidney injury molecule 1; p, precontrast baseline; 24, 24 hours after contrast administration; 48, 48 hours after contrast administration; 5, 5 days after contrast administration.