Predictive Role of Serum Cytokine Profiles in Acute Kidney Injury after Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Table 3
Association between preoperative serum cytokine profiles and postoperative acute kidney injury development after living donor liver transplantation using univariate and multivariate logistic regression.
Univariate logistic analysis
Multivariate logistic analysis
Serum cytokine level (pg/mL)
Median
β
Odds ratio
95% CI
p
β
Odds ratio
95% CI
p
Interleukin-2
0.1
0.161
1.175
(0.624–2.211)
0.617
Interleukin-6
7.3
0.862
2.368
(1.246–4.503)
0.009
0.862
2.368
(1.246–4.503)
0.009
Interleukin-10
0.5
0.37
1.448
(0.779–2.690)
0.242
Interleukin-12
0.1
−0.008
0.992
(0.400–2.461)
0.987
Interleukin-17
2.0
0.572
1.771
(0.947–3.314)
0.074
Interferon-γ
3.2
0.043
1.044
(0.564–1.933)
0.891
Tumor necrosis factor-α
9.8
0.572
1.771
(0.947–3.314)
0.074
The serum cytokine profiles were dichotomized at the median into high and low levels.
