Point-of-Care (POC) Urinary L-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (u-LFABP) Use in Critically Ill, Very Preterm Neonates

Table 4

Disease outcome associated with u-LFABP profiles.

	u-LFABP		value
	Abnormal	Normal
Death^1
0–48 hours	6/6 (100.0)	0/6 (0.0)	0.272
72 hours^+	5/5 (100.0)	0/5 (0.0)	0.530
IVH^1
0–48 hours^+	5/5 (100.0)	0/5 (0.0)	0.135
72 hours	6/6 (100.0)	0/6 (0.0)	0.526
IMV^1
0–48 hours	10/12 (83.3)	2/12 (16.7)	0.216
72 hours^+	9/11 (81.8)	2/11 (18.2)	1.000
LOS (days)^2
0–48 hours	35 (26–70)	37 (27–79)	0.911
72 hours^+	41 (26–79)	34 (30–37)	0.277

⁺Missing urine samples; ¹n (%) is presented, Fisher’s exact test; ²Median (min–max) is presented, Mann–Whitney. IVH: intraventricular hemorrhage; IMV: invasive mechanical ventilation; LOS: length of stay.