Urinary Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Table 3

Simple linear regression of urinary IL-18 and urinary NGAL in renal impairment patients.

	Urinary NGAL (µg/g creatinine)		Urinary IL-18 (µg/g creatinine)
	𝛽(𝑟)	𝑃	𝛽(𝑟)	𝑃
Serum albumin (g/L)	0.129	0.293	0.114	0.355
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	0.465	<0.001	0.422	<0.001
Serum bilirubin(mg/dL)	0.1212	0.325	0.0502	0.668
Urinary IL-18 (µg/g creatinine)	0.9	<0.001
Urinary NGAL (µg/g creatinine)			0.9	<0.001
Fractional excretion of sodium (%)	0.687	<0.001	0.807	<0.001
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)	0.339	0.005	0.329	0.006

β: regression coefficient.